Formula One: Season 2009 (Race 12)

With 12 out of the 17 races over for the current season of Formula 1, it has become a race between both the Brawn drivers, Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button for the world championship. Though mathematically possible, only a complete turnaround in the trend would see another driver take the title.

It was a sweet one-two for the Brawn team as Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button crossed the checkered flag, and they look well on their way to clinch the team constructor's title too. Fisichella did wonders to take 2nd place in the previous race, but could manage just 9th this time in his Ferrari. But no doubt he will get more used to the team and the car, and will improve. It was great to see Force India getting some more points, and even more so, Sutil picking up his first points of the season. Their hard work and persistence is paying off.

Alonso and Räikkönen are arguably the two best drivers in the pack, but they haven't been able to pull off anything consistent this season. Kubica, Hamilton and Webber too have been disappointing, and have dropped behind as compared to the last season.

With the next race on the 27th of September at the night track of Singapore, the teams have a lot of thinking to do. Brawn would want to stay ahead of the rest, Ferrari and McLaren would want to win some more races to show that they are still the best overall, and Force India would love to get some more points this season, something that will boost their morale for next year.

Race 12 Final Results

DRIVER	POSITION	TEAM
Rubens Barrichello	1	Brawn-Mercedes
Jenson Button	2	Brawn-Mercedes
Kimi Räikkönen	3	Ferrari
Adrian Sutil	4	Force India-Mercedes
Fernando Alonso	5	Renault
Heikki Kovalainen	6	McLaren-Mercedes
Nick Heidfeld	7	BMW Sauber
Sebastian Vettel	8	RBR-Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella	9	Ferrari
Kazuki Nakajima	10	Williams-Toyota
Timo Glock	11	Toyota
Lewis Hamilton	12	McLaren-Mercedes
Sebastien Buemi	13	STR-Ferrari
Jarno Trulli	14	Toyota
Romain Grosjean	15	Renault
Nico Rosberg	16	Williams-Toyota
Vitantonio Liuzzi	RET	Force India-Mercedes
Jaime Alguersuari	RET	STR-Ferrari
Robert Kubica	RET	BMW Sauber
Mark Webber	RET	RBR-Renault

Driver's Standings

DRIVER	POINTS	LAST YEAR'S STANDING
Jenson Button	80	18th
Rubens Barrichello	66	14th
Sebastian Vettel	54	8th
Mark Webber	51.5	11th
Kimi Räikkönen	40	3rd
Nico Rosberg	30.5	13th
Lewis Hamilton	27	1st
Jarno Trulli	22.5	9th
Felipe Massa	22	2nd
Heikki Kovalainen	20	7th
Fernando Alonso	20	5th
Timo Glock	16	10th
Nick Heidfeld	12	6th
Giancarlo Fisichella	8	19th
Robert Kubica	8	4th
Adrian Sutil	5	20th
Sebastien Buemi	3	NA
Sebastien Bourdais	2	17th

Constructor's Standings

TEAM	POINTS	LAST YEAR'S STANDING
Brawn-Mercedes	146	NA
RBR-Renault	105.5	4th
Ferrari	62	1st
McLaren-Mercedes	47	2nd
Toyota	38.5	5th
Williams-Toyota	30.5	8th
BMW Sauber	20	3rd
Renault	20	4th
Force India-Mercedes	13	10th
STR-Ferrari	5	6th

Looking forward to the battle resuming on the 27th!!!