Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fastest lap analysis

Drivers’ fastest laps

Rank
Driver
Fastest lap
Deficit to fastest lap
Laps within 1% of personal best

1
Sebastian Vettel
100.279
0
21

2
Sebastien Buemi
100.326
0.047
14

3
Lewis Hamilton
100.367
0.088
10

4
Rubens Barrichello
100.449
0.17
21

5
Mark Webber
100.571
0.292
26

6
Jenson Button
100.642
0.363
29

7
Nick Heidfeld
100.672
0.393
29

8
Jarno Trulli
100.723
0.444
21

9
Kazuki Nakajima
100.754
0.475
8

10
Fernando Alonso
100.757
0.478
6

11
Kamui Kobayashi
100.779
0.5
21

12
Kimi Raikkonen
100.843
0.564
6

13
Adrian Sutil
100.904
0.625
11

14
Robert Kubica
100.924
0.645
27

15
Nico Rosberg
100.997
0.718
24

16
Giancarlo Fisichella
101.132
0.853
2

17
Vitantonio Liuzzi
101.277
0.998
5

18
Heikki Kovalainen
101.316
1.037
20

19
Romain Grosjean
102.274
1.995
23

20
Jaime Alguersuari
103.318
3.039
10

Top 50 fastest laps

Rank
Driver
Lap time
Lap

1
Sebastian Vettel
100.279
54

2
Sebastien Buemi
100.326
55

3
Sebastian Vettel
100.328
18

4
Lewis Hamilton
100.367
16

5
Rubens Barrichello
100.449
54

6
Sebastien Buemi
100.513
54

7
Rubens Barrichello
100.514
55

8
Sebastian Vettel
100.53
16

9
Mark Webber
100.571
14

10
Sebastian Vettel
100.594
53

11
Lewis Hamilton
100.599
15

12
Sebastian Vettel
100.642
39

13
Jenson Button
100.642
49

14
Jenson Button
100.659
15

15
Rubens Barrichello
100.666
15

16
Sebastian Vettel
100.668
38

17
Nick Heidfeld
100.672
54

18
Mark Webber
100.713
16

19
Jarno Trulli
100.723
49

20
Jarno [...]

Vettel leads a Red Bull one-two in finale (Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race report)

Sebastian Vettel took advantage of problems for Lewis Hamilton to win his fourth Grand Prix of 2009.
It was a one-two for Red Bull as Mark Webber kept Jenson Button at bay to take second place in an exciting end to an otherwise predictable race.

Final 2009 F1 championship standings

Drivers’ championship

Driver
Points

1
Jenson Button
95

2
Sebastian Vettel
84

3
Rubens Barrichello
77

4
Mark Webber
69.5

5
Lewis Hamilton
49

6
Kimi Raikkonen
48

7
Nico Rosberg
34.5

8
Jarno Trulli
32.5

9
Fernando Alonso
26

10
Timo Glock
24

11
Felipe Massa
22

12
Heikki Kovalainen
22

13
Nick Heidfeld
19

14
Robert Kubica
17

15
Giancarlo Fisichella
8

16
Sebastien Buemi
6

17
Adrian Sutil
5

18
Kamui Kobayashi
3

19
Sebastien Bourdais
2

20
Romain Grosjean
0

20
Vitantonio Liuzzi
0

20
Jaime Alguersuari
0

20
Kazuki Nakajima
0

20
Luca Badoer
0

20
Nelson Piquet Jnr
0

Constructors’ championship

Driver
Points

1
Brawn
172

2
Red Bull
153.5

3
McLaren
71

4
Ferrari
70

5
Toyota
59.5

6
BMW
36

7
Williams
34.5

8
Renault
26

9
Force India
13

10
Toro Rosso
8

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix result

Position
Driver
Laps
Delay
Gap

1
Sebastian Vettel
55

2
Mark Webber
55
17.857
17.857

3
Jenson Button
55
18.467
0.61

4
Rubens Barrichello
55
22.735
4.268

5
Nick Heidfeld
55
26.253
3.518

6
Kamui Kobayashi
55
28.343
2.09

7
Jarno Trulli
55
34.366
6.023

8
Sebastien Buemi
55
41.294
6.928

9
Nico Rosberg
55
45.941
4.647

10
Robert Kubica
55
48.18
2.239

11
Heikki Kovalainen
55
52.798
4.618

12
Kimi Raikkonen
55
54.317
1.519

13
Kazuki Nakajima
55
59.839
5.522

14
Fernando Alonso
55
69.687
9.848

15
Vitantonio Liuzzi
55
94.45
24.763

16
Giancarlo Fisichella
54
-1 laps
-1 laps

17
Adrian Sutil
54
-1 laps
3.53

18
Romain Grosjean
54
-1 laps
0.969

Not classified

Lewis Hamilton
20
-35 laps
-34 laps

Jaime Alguersuari
18
-37 laps
-2 laps

Abu Dhabi GP qualifying in pictures

With a spanking new multi-million pound venue and a golden sunset, F1’s photographers have outstripped themselves capturing some truly gorgeous pictures from today’s qualifying session. Here’s the pick of the bunch.

Untouchable Hamilton claims Abu Dhabi pole (Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying)

Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to take pole position by two-thirds of a second.
The two Red Bulls will line up behind him but team mate Heikki Kovalainen was left 13th after his McLaren broke down during Q2.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid

1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes – 1′40.948
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault – 1′41.615
3. Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault – 1′41.726
4. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes – 1′41.786
5. Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes – 1′41.892
6. Jarno Trulli, Toyota – 1′41.897
7. Robert Kubica, BMW – 1′41.992
8. Nick Heidfeld, BMW – 1′42.343
9. Nico Rosberg, Williams-Toyota – 1′42.583
10. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari – 1′42.713
11. Kimi [...]

Brazilian Grand Prix in pictures

From the explosive start to the jubilant scenes as Felipe Massa waved the chequered flag at the new world champion Jenson Button, the Brazilian Grand Prix was a spectacular race.
Take a look back at some of the highlights with this collection of pictures.

Brazilian Grand Prix fastest laps analysis

Fastest laps by driver

Rank
Driver
Fastest lap
Deficit
Laps within 1% of personal best

1
Mark Webber
73.733
0
24

2
Sebastian Vettel
73.89
0.157
21

3
Rubens Barrichello
73.95
0.217
23

4
Robert Kubica
74.155
0.422
40

5
Heikki Kovalainen
74.303
0.57
21

6
Lewis Hamilton
74.345
0.612
31

7
Jenson Button
74.353
0.62
39

8
Nico Rosberg
74.37
0.637
17

9
Kimi Raikkonen
74.558
0.825
35

10
Sebastien Buemi
74.563
0.83
49

11
Kamui Kobayashi
74.676
0.943
35

12
Romain Grosjean
74.789
1.056
25

13
Jaime Alguersuari
74.861
1.128
25

14
Giancarlo Fisichella
74.931
1.198
23

15
Nick Heidfeld
74.988
1.255
11

16
Vitantonio Liuzzi
74.99
1.257
27

17
Kazuki Nakajima
75.073
1.34
18

Jarno Trulli
No time
No time
No time

Adrian Sutil
No time
No time
No time

Fernando Alonso
No time
No time
No time

Top 50 fastest laps

Rank
Driver
Lap time
Lap

1
Mark Webber
73.733
25

2
Mark Webber
73.875
24

3
Sebastian Vettel
73.89
59

4
Sebastian Vettel
73.944
36

5
Rubens Barrichello
73.95
20

6
Sebastian Vettel
73.954
35

7
Mark Webber
74.012
22

8
Rubens Barrichello
74.027
65

9
Rubens Barrichello
74.048
19

10
Mark Webber
74.05
21

11
Mark Webber
74.101
19

12
Rubens Barrichello
74.118
18

13
Sebastian [...]

Championship standings after Brazil

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