18 October 2009 by Keith Collantine
Drivers’ championship
| Driver | Points |
| 1 | Jenson Button | 89 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | 74 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | 72 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | 61.5 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | 49 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | 48 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | 34.5 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | 30.5 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | 26 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | 24 |
| 11 | Heikki Kovalainen | 22 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | 22 |
| 13 | Robert Kubica | 17 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | 15 |
| 15 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 8 |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | 5 |
| 17 | Sebastien Buemi | 5 |
| 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | 2 |
| 19 | Kamui Kobayashi | 0 |
| 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 0 |
| 21 | Kazuki Nakajima | 0 |
| 22 | Nelson Piquet Jnr | 0 |
| 23 | Romain Grosjean | 0 |
| 24 | Luca Badoer | 0 |
| 25 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0 |
Constructors’ championship
| Driver | Points |
| 1 | Brawn | 161 |
| 2 | Red Bull | 135.5 |
| 3 | McLaren | 71 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 70 |
| 5 | Toyota | 54.5 |
| 6 | Williams | 34.5 |
| 7 | BMW | 32 |
| 8 | Renault | 26 |
| 9 | Force India | 13 |
| 10 | Toro Rosso | 7 |
Mark Webber is missing
Sorry about that – the site went down for several hours yesterday and I wasn’t able to fix it. All done now.
Webber?
We’re in for a battle between Kimi and Lewis, Ferrari and McLaren!
Webber is fourth at 61.5.
Aussies are not allowed to compete for the championship
?
It’s because he breaches the FIA Code of Conduct 209121.112-A, Section II, Clause 741 ((b) (iv)) “As of 01.01.2009 all drivers for Red Bull Racing, herin refered to as RBR, must folllow the Sebastian/Sebastien naming convention.” :-p
Mclaren ahead of ferrari by 1 point 1 race to go
Mclaren should be strong at abu dhabi too
There’s some other close competitions lower down the tree as well:
Vettel vs. Barichello for 2nd
Ferrari vs. McLaren for 3rd
Kimi vs. Lewis for 5th
BMW vs. Williams vs. (mathmatically, but unlikely) Renault for 6th
Alonso vs. Timo vs. Hekki for 9th
Drivers on the same amount of points, are the wrong way round. Massa is ahead of Kovalainen. For the pointless drivers, it is supposed to go Nakajima, Kobayashi, Piquet, Liuzzi, Grosjean, Alguersauri and Badoer.
Pointless drivers? OK, they haven’t done that well, but calling them pointless is a little harsh..
I think he Means Not Scoring Any Points Perisoft?