Formula One Chinese Grand Prix

Chinese GP

April 19th, 2009

The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix is held on 19th April 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai in the People Republic of China. The track is 3.387 miles in length (5.451 km) and the race will run for 56 laps.

Shanghai International Circuit

Previous Winners.

China only started holding Formula One Grand Prix is 2004. Previous winners are

Year	Driver	Constructor
2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

2009 Chinese Grand Prix Times

Friday

Chinese Grand Prix free practice session one

1. HAMILTON McLaren 1m37.334s

2. BUTTON Brawn 1m37.450s

3. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m37.566s

4. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m37.672s

5. WEBBER Red Bull 1m37.752s

6. TRULLI Toyota 1m37.764s

7. ROSBERG Williams 1m37.860s

8. GLOCK Toyota 1m37.894s

9. ALONSO Renault 1m38.089s

10. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m38.195s

11. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m38.223s

12. VETTEL Red Bull 1m38.274s

13. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m38.307s

14. SUTIL Force India 1m38.319s

15. MASSA Ferrari 1m38.418s

16. HEIDFELD BMW 1m38.456s

17. FISICHELLA Force India 1m38.460s

18. KUBICA BMW 1m38.463s

19. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m38.730s

20. PIQUET Renault 1m38.825s

Chinese Grand Prix free practice session two

1. BUTTON Brawn 1m35.679s

2. ROSBERG Williams 1m35.704s

3. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m35.881s

4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m36.105s

5. VETTEL Red Bull 1m36.167s

6. TRULLI Toyota 1m36.217s

7. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m36.377s

8. GLOCK Toyota 1m36.548s

9. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m36.674s

10. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m36.800s

11. SUTIL Force India 1m36.829s

12. MASSA Ferrari 1m36.847s

13. HAMILTON McLaren 1m36.941s

14. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m37.054s

15. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m37.219s

16. PIQUET Renault 1m37.273s

17. KUBICA BMW 1m37.491s

18. HEIDFELD BMW 1m37.544s

19. ALONSO Renault 1m37.638s

20. FISICHELLA Force India 1m37.750s

Saturday

Final Qualifying order for tomorrow’s race

1. VETTEL Red Bull

2. ALONSO Renault

3. WEBBER Red Bull

4. BARRICHELLO Brawn

5. BUTTON Brawn

6. TRULLI Toyota

7. ROSBERG Williams

8. RAIKKONEN Ferrari

9. HAMILTON McLaren

10. BUEMI Toro Rosso

11. HEIDFELD BMW

12. KOVALAINEN McLaren

13. MASSA Ferrari

14. NAKAJIMA Williams

15. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso

16. PIQUET Renault

17. KUBICA BMW

18. SUTIL Force India

19. GLOCK Toyota*

20. FISICHELLA Force India

* five-place penalty for gearbox change

2009 Chinese Grand Prix car weights.

1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 644kg
2. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 637
3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 646.5
4. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 661
5. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 659
6. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 664.5
7. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 650.5
8. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 673.5
9. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 679
10. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 673
11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 679
12. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 697
13. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 690
14. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 682.7
15. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 690
16. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 697.9
17. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 659
18. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 648
19. Timo Glock, Toyota, 652
20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 679.5

Sunday 2009 Chinese Grand Prix Results

1. VETTEL Red Bull 1hr57m43.485s
2. WEBBER Red Bull +10.9s
3. BUTTON Brawn +44.9s
4. BARRICHELLO Brawn +1m03.7s
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren +1m05.1s
6. HAMILTON McLaren +1m11.8s
7. GLOCK Toyota +1m14.4s
8. BUEMI Toro Rosso +1m16.4s
9. ALONSO Renault +1m24.3s
10. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +1m31.7s
11. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1m34.1s
12. HEIDFELD BMW +1m35.8s
13. KUBICA BMW +1m46.8s
14. FISICHELLA Force India +1 lap
15. ROSBERG Williams +1 lap
16. PIQUET Renault +2 laps
R. SUTIL Force India +6 laps
R. NAKAJIMA Williams +13 laps
R. MASSA Ferrari +36 laps
R. TRULLI Toyota +38 laps