Sunday, October 18, 2009
F1 GP Brazil 2009 : Button clinches F1 title
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Brawn GP's Jenson Button ended a magnificent debut season winning his first Formula One title with a fifth-place finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo.
Button took advantage of the mishaps of other title contenders in the race, which was won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Home-crowd favourite Rubens Barrichello, Button's Brawn GP teammate and his closest contender, started from pole position but could only finish eighth after a puncture, while Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was fourth.
The fifth-place was good enough to give Button an insurmountable 17-point lead in the drivers' standings ahead of the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi on November 1.
Brazilian GP 2009 Results:
1 M Webber (AUS) RedBull-Renault
2 R Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber
3 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren - Mercedes
4 S Vettel (GER) RedBull - Renault
5 J Button (GBR) Brawn - Mercedes
6 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari
7 S Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso-Ferrari
8 R Barrichello (BRA) Brawn - Mercedes
9 H Kovalainen (FIN) McLaren - Mercedes
10 K Kobayashi (JAP) Toyota
11 G Fisichella (ITA) Ferrari
12 V Liuzzi (ITA) Force India-Mercedes
13 R Grosjean (FRA) Renault
14 J Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso- Ferrari
r K Nakajima (JAP) Williams - Toyota
r N Rosberg (GER) Williams - Toyota
r N Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber
r F Alonso (ESP) Renault
r A Sutil (GER) Force India-Mercedes
r J Trulli (ITA) Toyota
r = retired
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Button took advantage of the mishaps of other title contenders in the race, which was won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Home-crowd favourite Rubens Barrichello, Button's Brawn GP teammate and his closest contender, started from pole position but could only finish eighth after a puncture, while Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was fourth.
The fifth-place was good enough to give Button an insurmountable 17-point lead in the drivers' standings ahead of the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi on November 1.
Brazilian GP 2009 Results:
1 M Webber (AUS) RedBull-Renault
2 R Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber
3 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren - Mercedes
4 S Vettel (GER) RedBull - Renault
5 J Button (GBR) Brawn - Mercedes
6 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari
7 S Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso-Ferrari
8 R Barrichello (BRA) Brawn - Mercedes
9 H Kovalainen (FIN) McLaren - Mercedes
10 K Kobayashi (JAP) Toyota
11 G Fisichella (ITA) Ferrari
12 V Liuzzi (ITA) Force India-Mercedes
13 R Grosjean (FRA) Renault
14 J Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso- Ferrari
r K Nakajima (JAP) Williams - Toyota
r N Rosberg (GER) Williams - Toyota
r N Heidfeld (GER) BMW Sauber
r F Alonso (ESP) Renault
r A Sutil (GER) Force India-Mercedes
r J Trulli (ITA) Toyota
r = retired
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