Australian Grand Prix result
29 March 2009 by Keith Collantine
1. Jenson Button
2. Rubens Barrichello
3. Jarno Trulli*
4. Timo Glock
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Nico Rosberg
7. Sebastien Buemi
8. Sebastien Bourdais
9. Adrian Sutil
10. Nick Heidfeld
11. Giancarlo Fisichella
12. Mark Webber
13. Sebastian Vettel
14. Robert Kubica
15. Kimi Raikkonen
Disqualified: Lewis Hamilton**
Did not finish
Felipe Massa
Nelson Piquet Jnr – spun
Kazuki Nakajima – crashed
Heikki Kovalainen – accident damage
*Originally give a 25 second penalty for passing Lewis Hamilton during a safety car period. This was later rescinded when it was discovered Hamilton had allowed Trulli to pass.
**Disqualified for misleading the stewards.
Fantastic race, good for Brawn, Awesome recovery by Toyota!!
What happened to Massa?
Great race and for once no silly drive thews for racing!
Well Done Button n Brawn,
However if the diffuser is ruled illegal, does it mean that Hamilton has won?????
That would seem so.
I’m really glad I watched that live. If anyone moans about diffusers they deserve to be lynched.
Who?
Mainly the protesting teams.
Yup, teams should of thought of it
A little harsh if it happens me thinks, shame about Massa too but Ferrais dont like Oz much i guess.
It would bevery funny if Lewis wins because the diffuser cars are ilegal…
great race though, it was everything I expected
by the way, Heidfeld somewhere…??
Little has been said about Rosberg who thought drove an excellent race. He would have been right up there had his troublesome pit stop not dropped him back. A great attacking drive. Better tire management needed for sure in the future but a lot of potential.
Great race, great result for Brawn!! But… why didn’t Button romp off into the distance? did they turn down then wick knowing they had an advantage… if so, they ran it very close.
Drivers of the race… Vettel & Hamilton, superb performance race long. Class.
The FIA have already stated that the diffusers are legal. So even if they did declare them as illegal at this court hearing, the teams would still have the win as it was already deemed legal?
That’s my view on that situation.
What an amazing race though, I couldn’t believe that Barrichello’s front wing held on for so long. Good job to BrawnGP, shame button messed up his pit stop.
Button – Brawn – Barrichello – Branson -
Brackley – Brilliant ! .
Watch out though – Hamilton 4th and closing in fast ! .
Trulli has been penalised, after the incident under the safety car, bringing Hamilton up to third.
Hamilton promoted to third, Trulli dropped to 12th instead of fourth
All it takes is one more car to be disqualified and Force India will be in the points..
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Poor vettel gets a 10 place demotion for malaysia..
Unfair on Vettel. In my opinion both drivers were equally to blame: Vettel should have yielded, Kubica should have given him more space.
Equal blame = Racing Incident ergo No penalties.