2009 Turkey F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Turkey Grand Prix
Track: Istanbul Park

Weather: dry, hot, sunny

Jenson BUTTON won his 7th F1 World Championship race at the 2009 Turkey F1 GP, a sixth win in seven rounds for Brawn GP. The Brawn GP driver started second and passed Sebastian Vettel on lap 1 to win at Istanbul Park by 6.714 seconds from Mark Webber. It was Brawn GPs 6th F1 win of the season and Buttons 6th of 2009.

Vettel pole, Button primes his charge

Sebastian Vettel took pole for Red Bull with a 1:28.316 lap on 6 June 2009 at Istanbul Park. Button qualified second by just 0.105 seconds, Barrichello third for Brawn GP, Webber fourth. The story was tyre wear: on the abrasive Turkish surface strategy would matter as much as raw pace.

Race day: Button past Vettel at Turn 10

Button seized the initiative on the opening lap, sweeping past Vettel at the long left of Turn 10 to lead into lap 2. From there he controlled proceedings, managing the rears through the demanding right-handers and pulling clear. Vettel dropped behind Webber during the stops, the Red Bull pair covering podium places. Trulli fourth for Toyota, Rosberg fifth for Williams. Button posted the fastest lap on lap 40 at 1:27.579.

Championship: Button 61, Barrichello 41

Six wins in seven rounds pushed Buttons title lead to 20 points over Barrichello. Britain in a fortnight would be next.

Classification 2009 Turkey F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	22	JensonButton	Brawn	Brawn BGP001Mercedes FO 108	2	58	57	1:26:24.848	10
2	14	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB5Renault RS27	4	58	1	1:26:31.562+6.714s	8
3	15	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB5Renault RS27	1	58		1:26:32.309+7.461s	6
4	9	JarnoTrulli	Toyota	Toyota TF109Toyota RVX-09	5	58		1:26:52.691+27.843s	5
5	16	NicoRosberg	Williams	Williams FW31Toyota RVX-09	9	58		1:26:56.387+31.539s	4
6	3	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F60Ferrari 056	7	58		1:27:04.844+39.996s	3
7	5	RobertKubica	BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1.09BMW P86	10	58		1:27:11.095+46.247s	2
8	10	TimoGlock	Toyota	Toyota TF109Toyota RVX-09	13	58		1:27:11.807+46.959s	1
9	4	KimiRäikkönen	Ferrari	Ferrari F60Ferrari 056	6	58		1:27:15.094+50.246s
10	7	FernandoAlonso	Renault	Renault R29Renault RS27	8	58		1:27:27.268+1:02.420
11	6	NickHeidfeld	BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1.09BMW P86	11	58		1:27:29.175+1:04.327
12	17	KazukiNakajima	Williams	Williams FW31Toyota RVX-09	12	58		1:27:31.224+1:06.376
13	1	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/24Mercedes FO 108	16	58		1:27:45.302+1:20.454
14	2	HeikkiKovalainen	McLaren	McLaren MP4/24Mercedes FO 108	14	57		+1 lap
15	12	SébastienBuemi	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR4Ferrari 056	18	57		+1 lap
16	8	NelsonPiquet Jr.	Renault	Renault R29Renault RS27	17	57		+1 lap
17	20	AdrianSutil	Force India	Force India VJM02Mercedes FO 108	15	57		+1 lap
18	11	SébastienBourdais	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR4Ferrari 056	20	57		+1 lap
DNF	23	RubensBarrichello	Brawn	Brawn BGP001Mercedes FO 108	3	47		Gearbox
DNF	21	GiancarloFisichella	Force India	Force India VJM02Mercedes FO 108	19	4		Brakes

Fastest lap: 1:27.579 min. by Jenson Button

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