Formula One: Season 2009 (Race 12)

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!!!
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Published: 9/14/2009
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