October 2009 ~ Automotive SportCars

Saturday, October 31, 2009

2009 ABU DHABI GP: SATURDAY IN HI RESOLUTION IMAGES

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2009 ABU DHABI GP: CAR WEIGHTS

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Car weights sorted by grid position:

P.  Driver       Team 
1.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      658.5
2.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      663
3.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      660
4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        655
5.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        657
6.  Trulli       Toyota                661
7.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            654.5
8.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            664
9.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       665
10. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    661.5
11. Raikkonen    Ferrari               692
12. Kobayashi    Toyota                694.3
13. Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       704
14. Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    696.5
15. Alonso       Renault               708.3
16. Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  695
17. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  696
18. Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      697
19. Grosjean     Renault               710.8
20. Fisichella   Ferrari               692.5

Heikki Kovalainen will lose five places on the grid of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after needing a gearbox change after qualifying.

2009 ABU DHABI GP: LEWIS HAMILTON ON POLE

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Lewis Hamilton proved his good form with taking pole in Aby Dhabi. Yas Marina track best suited for british driver with time 1:39:873. This is his 4-th Pole this season. McLaren this way have big advantage in batle with Ferrari.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Q1        Q2       Q3
1.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:39.873  1:39.695 1:40.948
2.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:40.666  1:39.984 1:41.615
3.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:40.667  1:40.272 1:41.726
4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:40.574  1:40.421 1:41.786
5.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:40.378  1:40.148 1:41.892
6.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:40.517  1:40.373 1:41.897
7.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:40.520  1:40.545 1:41.992
8.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:40.558  1:40.635 1:42.343
9.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:40.842  1:40.661 1:42.583
10. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:40.908  1:40.430 1:42.713
11. Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:41.100  1:40.726
12. Kobayashi    Toyota                (B)  1:41.035  1:40.777
13. Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:40.808  1:40.983
14. Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:41.096  1:41.148
15. Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:41.503  1:41.689
16. Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:41.667
17. Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:41.701
18. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:41.863
19. Grosjean     Renault               (B)  1:41.950
20. Fisichella   Ferrari               (B)  1:42.184

2009 Abu Dhabi GP: Button fastest in final practice

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Jenson Button beat Lewis Hamilton by a scant 0.002 seconds in the final Formula 1 practice session of 2009 in Abu Dhabi.Jaime Alguersuari was sidelined for the entire hour as his Toro Rosso team worked to fix a hydraulic problem.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time              Laps
1.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:40.625           21
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:40.627 + 0.002   18
3.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    (B)  1:40.907 + 0.282   20
4.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  1:40.934 + 0.309   22
5.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  1:41.241 + 0.616   18
6.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  1:41.263 + 0.638   20
7.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  1:41.310 + 0.685   23
8.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)  1:41.322 + 0.697   20
9.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:41.372 + 0.747   22
10. Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1:41.373 + 0.748   23
11. Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:41.403 + 0.778   19
12. Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:41.478 + 0.853   22
13. Kobayashi     Toyota               (B)  1:41.499 + 0.874   24
14. Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes (B)  1:41.675 + 1.050   20
15. Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  1:41.682 + 1.057   15
16. Alonso        Renault              (B)  1:41.897 + 1.272   19
17. Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      (B)  1:42.156 + 1.531   21
18. Grosjean      Renault              (B)  1:42.213 + 1.588   19
19. Fisichella    Ferrari              (B)  1:42.351 + 1.726   23