Despite a drive-through penalty, Aussie Mark Webber managed to keep it ahead of the others and grabbed his first victory in the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, which he had started from pole. His young and talented teammate Sebastian Vettel finished second, giving the Red Bull Racing their third one-two of the season. As for the Ferrari, Filipe Massa scored a podium finish at third, while Raikonnen,hit by bad luck again, had to retire on lap 35.
Brawn drivers were not in their usual shape and only managed a fifth place for Button and sixth for Barichello. Lewis Hamilton came 18 as a result of a clash with Webber early in the race. Also Fernando Alonso who came seventh, set the fastest lap.
2009 Formula1 German Grand Prix provisional results:
Nurburgring, Germamy;
60 laps; 306.458km;
Weather: Cloudy, dry.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1h36:43.310
2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) + 9.252
3. Massa Ferrari (B) + 15.906
4. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) + 21.099
5. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) + 23.609
6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) + 24.468
7. Alonso Renault (B) + 24.888
8. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 58.692
9. Glock Toyota (B) + 1:01.457
10. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) + 1:01.925
11. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) + 1:02.327
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) + 1:02.876
13. Piquet Renault (B) + 1:08.328
14. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) + 1:09.555
15. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) + 1:11.941
16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) + 1:30.225
17. Trulli Toyota (B) + 1:30.970
18. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) + 1 lap
Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:33.365
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Team On lap
Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 35
Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 19
World Championship standings, round 9:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Button 68 1. Brawn-Mercedes 112
2. Vettel 47 2. Red Bull-Renault 92.5
3. Webber 45.5 3. Toyota 34.5
4. Barrichello 44 4. Ferrari 32
5. Massa 22 5. Williams-Toyota 20.5
6. Trulli 21.5 6. McLaren-Mercedes 14
7. Rosberg 20.5 7. Renault 13
8. Glock 13 8. BMW Sauber 8
9. Alonso 13 9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5
10. Raikkonen 10
11. Hamilton 9
12. Heidfeld 6
13. Kovalainen 5
14. Buemi 3
15. Kubica 2
16. Bourdais 2
All timing unofficial
picture: watoday.com.au
