Shanghai 2009: The Grid
Posted on April 18th, 2009 by Oliver White in 2009 Season
With qualifying completed, we can now look at the completed grid for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix. At the front we have a new face for this year; Sebastian Vettel taking the first non-Button pole of 2009 and the German’s career second. Confirming the pace of the Red Bull RB5 is team mate Mark Webber in third. Splitting the Milton Keynes team is surprisingly Fernando Alonso. The Brawns could do no better than fourth and fifth, with Rubens Barrichello out-qualifying Jenson button for the first time this year.
- The qualifying results can be viewed here: Shanghai 2009: Qualifying Result.
Shanghai 2009: The Grid
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Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m36.184s |
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| Fernando Alonso Renault 1m36.381s |
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Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m36.466s |
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| Rubens Barrichello Brawn 1m36.493s |
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Jenson Button Brawn 1m36.532s |
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| Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m36.835s |
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Nico Rosberg Williams 1m37.397s |
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| Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m38.089s |
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Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m38.595s |
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| Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m39.321s |
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Nick Heidfeld BMW 1m35.975s |
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| Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m36.032s |
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Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m36.033s |
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| Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m36.193s |
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Sebastian Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m36.906s |
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| Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1m36.908 |
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Robert Kubica BMW 1m36.699s |
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| Adrian Sutil Force India 1m37.699s |
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Timo Glock Toyota 1m36.066s* |
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| Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m37.699s |
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*Timo Glock was given a five grid slot penalty for having his gear box changed out of sequence.
