GEuropean GP - Another podium
Valencia, 23rd August 2009
Just before the summer break, Kimi Raikkonen finished second in Budapest and today, the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver was on the podium again, this time in third place after a strong drive. On his debut for the Scuderia, Luca Badoer brought his F60 home in seventeenth spot. After Ferrari’s Felipe Massa won the inaugural race at Valencia last year, today, Rubens Barrichello ensured that the Brazilian National Anthem was played again, as he took his first win for Brawn, his first victory since his days as a Ferrari driver. Second place went to the McLaren-Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. While this result keeps the Scuderia in third place in the Constructors’ championship, McLaren’s return to form in recent races means the Anglo-German team is now only five points behind in fourth.
The heat and humidity was as high as the rest of the weekend as the grid formed up with Kimi Raikkonen on row 3 and his Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team-mate, Luca Badoer on the back row.
The KERS power boost at the start saw Kimi move immediately up two places to fourth. Grosjean, Glock and Buemi all had to come in at the end of the opening lap to repair collision damage, while Luca crossed the line in seventeenth, having spun. The order was Hamilton, Kovalainen, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Vettel, Rosberg, Alonso, Button after a bad start for the championship leader, Webber, Heidfeld, Kubica, Sutil, Fisichella, Nakajima, Trulli, Alguersuari, Badoer, Grosjean, Glock and Buemi.
After 3 laps, Kimi was 4.7 seconds behind the leading McLaren and 0.7 behind Barrichello’s third placed Brawn. Button had to let Webber through to eighth, as it was deemed the Englishman had got ahead of the Australian by cutting the chicane. By lap 10, Kimi had dropped to almost 10 seconds behind the leader and the gap to third placed Barrichello had also grown to 2.2.
Lap 15 and Hamilton pitted from the lead, followed by Vettel and Kubica, so that Kovalainen now led Barrichello and Kimi. The McLaren Finn came in on lap 17 and Vettel had to come in as the fuel had not gone in at the previous stop. Kimi refuelled on lap 19 and Button also came in from ninth. Barrichello came in from the lead on lap 20 as did Webber. After 21 laps, Hamilton still led, but the round of pit stops saw Barrichello get the jump on Kovalainen to go second, while Kimi was sixth, although Heidfeld and Sutil ahead of him had yet to stop for fuel. The Finn found himself back in fourth, 5.1 behind third placed fellow countryman, Kovalainen one lap later. A puff of smoke appeared from the back of Vettel’s Red Bull on lap 23 and his race was over. So after the first run of stops, on lap 25, the order was Hamilton, Barrichello, Kovalainen, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Alonso, Webber, with Fisichella, yet to pit, eighth. Luca was 15th and he too had not made any pit stops, the Italian Ferrari driver finally coming in on lap 28. As he left the pits, Grosjean in the Renault managed to squeeze past him while still in pit lane and then on the way out of the pit lane, Luca unfortunately got his outside wheels over the white line which carries an automatic drive-through penalty. Among the lead group, none of the gaps were small enough to signal the chance of any overtaking, so the final order would no doubt hinge on the timing and speed of the second run of pit stops. Badoer’s difficult debut for Ferrari was complicated by a spin on lap 36, but fortunately he avoided the walls and was able to continue.
Hamilton made his second stop on lap 37, allowing Barrichello to lead and the McLaren crew appeared to be late getting the Englishman’s tyres out, costing him precious seconds. Kovalainen refuelled on lap 38, so that Kimi was now lying second to the Brawn, 11.8 seconds down. Kimi and Barrichello pitted together on lap 39 and thanks to a series of fastest laps, the Brawn driver now got the jump on Hamilton to lead. Kimi was currently fifth, but he had got ahead of Kovalainen, while Rosberg in second and Alonso in fourth would have to stop again, which meant the Ferrari man was effectively looking at a third place spot on the podium. On lap 42, Alonso brought the Renault in so Kimi was now fourth and the move up to third came one lap later, when Rosberg refuelled the Williams. From this point on the order did not change, so the final result as far as the points scorers is concerned, was Barrichello, Hamilton, Kimi, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Alonso, Button and Kubica. Luca finished seventeenth.
Just before the summer break, Kimi Raikkonen finished second in Budapest and today, the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver was on the podium again, this time in third place after a strong drive. On his debut for the Scuderia, Luca Badoer brought his F60 home in seventeenth spot. After Ferrari’s Felipe Massa won the inaugural race at Valencia last year, today, Rubens Barrichello ensured that the Brazilian National Anthem was played again, as he took his first win for Brawn, his first victory since his days as a Ferrari driver. Second place went to the McLaren-Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. While this result keeps the Scuderia in third place in the Constructors’ championship, McLaren’s return to form in recent races means the Anglo-German team is now only five points behind in fourth.
The heat and humidity was as high as the rest of the weekend as the grid formed up with Kimi Raikkonen on row 3 and his Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team-mate, Luca Badoer on the back row.
The KERS power boost at the start saw Kimi move immediately up two places to fourth. Grosjean, Glock and Buemi all had to come in at the end of the opening lap to repair collision damage, while Luca crossed the line in seventeenth, having spun. The order was Hamilton, Kovalainen, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Vettel, Rosberg, Alonso, Button after a bad start for the championship leader, Webber, Heidfeld, Kubica, Sutil, Fisichella, Nakajima, Trulli, Alguersuari, Badoer, Grosjean, Glock and Buemi.
After 3 laps, Kimi was 4.7 seconds behind the leading McLaren and 0.7 behind Barrichello’s third placed Brawn. Button had to let Webber through to eighth, as it was deemed the Englishman had got ahead of the Australian by cutting the chicane. By lap 10, Kimi had dropped to almost 10 seconds behind the leader and the gap to third placed Barrichello had also grown to 2.2.
Lap 15 and Hamilton pitted from the lead, followed by Vettel and Kubica, so that Kovalainen now led Barrichello and Kimi. The McLaren Finn came in on lap 17 and Vettel had to come in as the fuel had not gone in at the previous stop. Kimi refuelled on lap 19 and Button also came in from ninth. Barrichello came in from the lead on lap 20 as did Webber. After 21 laps, Hamilton still led, but the round of pit stops saw Barrichello get the jump on Kovalainen to go second, while Kimi was sixth, although Heidfeld and Sutil ahead of him had yet to stop for fuel. The Finn found himself back in fourth, 5.1 behind third placed fellow countryman, Kovalainen one lap later. A puff of smoke appeared from the back of Vettel’s Red Bull on lap 23 and his race was over. So after the first run of stops, on lap 25, the order was Hamilton, Barrichello, Kovalainen, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Alonso, Webber, with Fisichella, yet to pit, eighth. Luca was 15th and he too had not made any pit stops, the Italian Ferrari driver finally coming in on lap 28. As he left the pits, Grosjean in the Renault managed to squeeze past him while still in pit lane and then on the way out of the pit lane, Luca unfortunately got his outside wheels over the white line which carries an automatic drive-through penalty. Among the lead group, none of the gaps were small enough to signal the chance of any overtaking, so the final order would no doubt hinge on the timing and speed of the second run of pit stops. Badoer’s difficult debut for Ferrari was complicated by a spin on lap 36, but fortunately he avoided the walls and was able to continue.
Hamilton made his second stop on lap 37, allowing Barrichello to lead and the McLaren crew appeared to be late getting the Englishman’s tyres out, costing him precious seconds. Kovalainen refuelled on lap 38, so that Kimi was now lying second to the Brawn, 11.8 seconds down. Kimi and Barrichello pitted together on lap 39 and thanks to a series of fastest laps, the Brawn driver now got the jump on Hamilton to lead. Kimi was currently fifth, but he had got ahead of Kovalainen, while Rosberg in second and Alonso in fourth would have to stop again, which meant the Ferrari man was effectively looking at a third place spot on the podium. On lap 42, Alonso brought the Renault in so Kimi was now fourth and the move up to third came one lap later, when Rosberg refuelled the Williams. From this point on the order did not change, so the final result as far as the points scorers is concerned, was Barrichello, Hamilton, Kimi, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Alonso, Button and Kubica. Luca finished seventeenth.
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