Formula 1 Expanding!!!!

from next season Formula One is to become a 26-car championship. A £40million budget cap has been imposed.

Following Wednesday's meeting of the World Motor Sports Council in Paris, it was agreed the maximum number of cars permitted to enter would be increased to 26, two for each team.

After announcing a £30million cap in mid-March, the WMSC has now increased that figure by a further £10million.

The £40million figure will cover all team expenditure except:

* Marketing and hospitality

* Remuneration for test or race drivers, including any young driver programmes

* Fines or penalties imposed by the FIA

* Engine costs (for 2010 only, and specifically designed to retain the current manufacturers within the sport).

* Any expenditure the team can demonstrate has no influence on its performance in the championship

* Dividends paid from profits relating to participation in the championship.

The WMSC have also confirmed the ban on refuelling during races, to save on costs of transporting refuelling equipment and increase the incentive for engine builders to improve fuel economy, and on tyre warmers.

New Budget By Max Mosley

FIA president Max Mosley will unveil a revised budget cap. He announced a voluntary cap of £30million would be introduced from next season. The option would be a freedom to spend, but only operate within the existing technical constraints, or work with the budget, but with the prospect of being technically innovative.

Mosley is convinced all teams will agree to the new cap figure.

Mclaren Mercedes Suspended

Mclaren Mercedes had a meeting with the World Motor Sport council on Wednesday for the lie-gate scandal which had taken place in Australia. The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has handed McLaren a three race ban. This ban has been brought because FIA feels Mclaren Mercedes has brought the sport into disrepute.


Martin Whitmarsh said, “I was also pleased to be able to assure the FIA World Motor Sport Council members that we had taken appropriate action with a view to ensuring that such mistakes do not occur again."

Mclaren Try To Please FIA

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh is trying to please FIA by adopting a pro-active philosophy. McLaren were seen to be making all the right moves and noises in Bahrain over the weekend. They have a meeting with World Motor Sport Council in Paris this Wednesday over the lie-gate scandal in Australia. Richard Lapthorne will officially take up the role of McLaren Group chairman from Ron Dennis from 1st June.

Whitmarsh, who has already thrown himself on the mercy of the World Council by writing a letter of unreserved apology for his team's deceit.

Timothy Murnane, Mclaren's company lawyer, will accompany Whitmarsh although he is only acting in an observational capacity.

McLaren are still in breach of article 151c of the International Sporting Code, relating to fraudulent conduct or act prejudicial to the sport.

Well I really dont know if luck will favor the Mclaren Mercedes Team. And there is also a possibility that the team will be disqualified from the Formula 1 2009 Season. Lets hope for the best of the team because it would be very shameful is a top team in the Formula 1 getsinto trouble with the FIA.

Ross Brawn believes Button can rule

Ross Brawn believes Jenson Button has proven he has the ability to be a world champion. Three victories from the opening four grands prix of this season.

Jenson Button has a 12 points lead over team mate Rubens Barrichello.

The Brawn has so far proven bullet-proof, with both cars finishing the opening four races in the points. Brawn, though, concedes his car is now tired and stale and in need of the fresh developments that will come in Spain.

BMW confident about luck change

BMW Sauber boss Mario Theissen is adamant his team will bounce back. Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix was also the team's most abject performance.

With just four points on the board from Heidfeld's second place in the rain-shortened race in Malaysia, Theissen is hoping - perhaps now praying - such plans reap rewards.

We decided before the start of the season on a big development package for Barcelona.

Bridgestone Plan New Set Of Intermediate Tyres

Bridgestone the tyre supplier for all the teams in the Formula 1 Season is planning to introduce a new set of intermediate wet weather tyres at the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. The new softer compound has been designed to counter some of the lost aerodynamic grip in wet conditions.

These tyres will be used for the rest of the season. The tyres are made up of new softer compound and will allow more mechanical grip. But the lower downforce rules for the Formula 2009 Season will still create a challenge in the we weather.

Bridgestone keep on collecting data from every team and they will be updaating their compounds according for the upcoming races in the formula 2009 Season.

Below are the tyre allocations announced by Bridgestone for the formula 1 2009 season:

Australia - super soft, medium
Malaysia - soft, hard
China - super soft, medium
Bahrain - super soft, medium
Spain - soft, hard
Monaco - super soft, soft
Turkey - soft, hard
Britain - soft, hard
Germany - super soft, medium

Bahrain Grand Prix Race Results!!!!!!!!

A fantastic Bahrain Grand Prix and here are the results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	4	10
2	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	3	8
3	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1	6
4	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	5	5
5	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	6	4
6	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	3
7	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	2	2
8	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1
9	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	9
10	8	Nelson Piquet	Renault	15
11	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	18
12	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	11
13	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	20
14	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	8
15	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	17
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	19
17	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	16
18	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
19	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber
Ret	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota

Jenson Button In Brawn GP Winner Again!!!!!

Jenson Button is the winner for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Well Toyotas were the leaders in the qualifying yesterday but today they dropped down at the start of the race. Hamilton did a great move at the first corner and was in third place. But the Mclaren is not a competitive car yet so he dropped back. Brawn GP's Ross Brawn played a great strategy with Jenson Button and got him ahead of Trulli with the pit strategy and then Jenson Button never looked back. He increased his advatange over Trulli who was strugglin with the option tyres (Hard Compound Tyres) and was not able to match the pace.

Vettel on the other hand came second with a sensible pit strategy. Glock completely lost it and was at the end of championship points. Barrichello had interesting 3 pit-stop strategy which was not looking that good but in then end it put him ahead of Raikkonen and in the 5th place. Way to go Ross Brawn.

Overall a very interesting and very very hot race. And luckily there was no sandstorm and none of the teams had reliability issues. Felipe Massa's badluck still continues and he was outside the points.

But Kimi Raikkonen finally gave Ferrari their first championship points this season. This will definitely be a moral booster for the World Champion Team!!!!

The top five for the Baharain Grand Prix are Jenson Button, Sebastien Vettel, Jarno Trulli, Lewis Hamilton and Rubens Barrichello respectively.

The complete race results will be updated soon.

Bravo!!!!! Brawn GP!!!!!

Weights of the cars for the Bahrain Grand Prix

1. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 648.5 kg
2. Timo Glock, Toyota, 643 kg
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 659 kg
4. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 652.5 kg
5. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 652.5 kg
6. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 649 kg
7. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 650.5 kg
8. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 664.5 kg
9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 670.5 kg
10. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 671.5 kg
11. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 678.5 kg
12. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 680.9 kg
13. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 698.6 kg
14. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 696.3 kg
15. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 677.6 kg
16. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 678.5 kg
17. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 652 kg
18. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 656 kg
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 679 kg
20. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 667.5 kg

Adrian Sutil Penalised

Adrian Sutil has been handed a three-place penalty for blocking Mark Webber during qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The scene yesterday was amazing. It felt as if these 2 guys were racing for position in a race. But someone has to suffer for such a behaviour.

Sandstorm Possible on Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The round 4 for the Formula 2009 season will be held at the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain. This circuit is built in the middle of the desert. The air and track temperatures are very high. Most of the teams will struggle to get the balance of the car right because it has many long straights and slow corners. Due to lesser downpours this season building a perfect car for the race is difficult.

And also there are reports that is a possibility of sandstorms in the region. If this happens then the race will be very difficult.

The circuit is 5.412 kilometre (3.363 mile). The race will be of 57 laps or 308.238 kilometres (191.539 miles).

Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying Results!!!!

Below are the results for the Qualifying Session for Bahrain Grand Prix. It was an amazing qualifying session with Toyota dominating it in the end.

Pos	No	Driver	Team
1	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
2	10	Timo Glock	Toyota
3	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault
4	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
5	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
6	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes
7	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault
8	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
9	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota
10	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
11	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes
12	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
14	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber
15	8	Nelson Piquet	Renault
16	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes
17	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes
19	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault
20	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari

Saturday Qualifying Q3 Session (Bahrain)

The Q3 Session came to an end and the results were astonishing. Toyota are on pole position. Toyota are one two for the Bahrain Grand Prix. It will be a really interesting and hot race tomorrow.

The top 5 for the Q3 and Final Qualifying Session are Trulli, Glock, Vettel, Button and Hamilton respectively.

Saturday Qualifying Q2 Session (Bahrain)

The interesting Q2 session came to an end. It was a very fast Q2 session since the fuel loads of the cars are very low.

The top 5 of the Qualifying Q2 session are Vettel, Glock, Trulli, Raikkonen and Barrichello respectively.

Results of the Q3 session will follow soon.

Saturday Qualifying Q1 Session (Bahrain)

The start of the Qualifying Session for the round 4 of the 2009 Formula Season was a blaster.

In the Q1 session the top 5 are Vettel, Trulli, Hamilton, Button and Barrichello respectively. There was also some interesting racing between Force India and Red Bull in the Qualifying Q1 Session.

Results of Q2 will follow soon.

Saturday Practice Results

Heikki Kovalainen had an issue with his Mclaren Mercedes. It was stalled in the pit lane.

Below are the results of the Saturday Practice Session:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps
1	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	16
2	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	20
3	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	18
4	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	16
5	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	18
6	8	Nelson Piquet	Renault	19
7	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	13
8	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	17
9	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	19
10	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	14
11	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	16
12	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	12
13	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	13
14	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	17
15	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	17
16	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	17
17	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	15
18	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	14
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	15
20	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	7

Bahrain Friday Practice 2 Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps
1	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	36
2	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	25
3	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	37
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	29
5	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	32
6	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	35
7	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	30
8	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	37
9	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	30
10	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	36
11	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	30
12	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	23
13	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	37
14	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	26
15	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	29
16	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	34
17	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	31
18	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	28
19	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	35
20	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	33

Bahrain Friday Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps
1	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	19
2	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	17
3	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17
4	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	24
5	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	15
6	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	24
7	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	18
8	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	17
9	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	21
10	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	19
11	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	24
12	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	21
13	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	21
14	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	18
15	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	22
16	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	16
17	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	20
18	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	24
19	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	22
20	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	15

New Formula 1 Game

A new generation of Formula One video games featuring all the drivers, teams and circuits from the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship was announced on Friday by Codemasters. It will be debut on PSP and WII this autumn. It will be a detailed game about the Formula 1 and will also have the Singapore night race track. Codemasters also said that F1 2010 is also under development and will be ready by mid 2010.

GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

The 4th race of the 2009 Formula 1 season will be held at the Grand Prix circuit at Bahrain. Since Bahrain is a middle east country the air as well as track temperatures will be high. So there will be a chance of reliability issues for many teams.

Circuit Length is 5.412 km

Race Distance is 308.238 km.

Number of laps will be 57.

Overall an interesting circuit in the middle of the desert with very good chances of overtaking moves.

Lewis Hamilton expects progress in Bahrain

Lewis Hamilton is counting on another monumental effort from within McLaren propelling hime closer to the top runners. They had made some improvements in Lewis Hamilton's car for the Chinese Grand Prix and that showed a considerable performance boost for the team. Heikki and Lewis finished 5th and 6th respectively in the Chinese Grand Prix.

McLaren are also planning to roll out another series of upgrades as they look to further close the gap to the leaders.

Martin Whitmarsh believes the team's efforts in China show they are all pulling in the same direction.

Norbert Haug, boss of engine suppliers Mercedes, knows nothing less than round-the-clock commitment will see the team back at the top.

Mclaren Mercedes will also be facing the World Motor Sport Council in Paris next Wednesday.

Force India has new upgrades for Bahrain

Force India are making major revisions to their car. They are planning to introduce a significant aerodynamic upgrade. The new parts we have coming through for this race should keep us close to the others said Sutil. Fisichella says the Force India package is basically sound and hopes the latest revisions to the car will help address its one major failing - an overall lack of downforce.

Plans For New Red Bull

Adrian Newey is planning to design a new Red Bull car. He has started working on the concept at their Milton Keynes factory. Newey, who designed cars during the 1990s in which Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Mika Hakkinen all became champions, has at least been able to savour a "special" win these past two days.

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT F1 RACE CAR !!!

F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would still start the race with 80 things wrong!

When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300kmph!!!

F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds!!!!!!!

F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20yrs on an average and they quite faithfully DO....thats the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform....

An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (Yeah thats right!!!)

At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.

To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added down force can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track.

Without aerodynamic down force, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.

In a street course race like the Monaco grand prix, the down force provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!

The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 liters of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 liter family car. They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.

TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. It took me 8 sec to read above point
During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.

Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km.

A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best 20grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils at 100C remember) At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

And that's not Magic.... Its only the Power of Human Imagination ....

Brawn Gp had pace issues

The championship leader went into the race hoping to complete a hat-trick of race wins. His hopes were dealt a blow when clouds gathered for the first time this weekend. Vettel managed to stay ahead for the majority of the race. Mark Webber and Button vying for second but the Australian came out on top.
Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button struggled in the rain because they have not tested their car in the rain before the season started.

Chinese Grand Prix Race Results!!!!!!

An amazing Chinese Grand Prix finally came to an end. he 3rd round of Formula 2009 season held at Shanghai International Circuit. The Qualifying took place in dry conditions but today there was a surprise and the race started in heavy rainfall under the safety car.

Below are the final results for the Chinese Grand Prix:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid	Pts
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	1	10
2	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	3	8
3	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	56	5	6
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	56	4	5
5	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	12	4
6	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	9	3
7	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	19	2
8	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	56	10	1
9	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	2
10	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	8
11	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	56	15
12	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	56	11
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	56	17
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	55	20
15	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	7
16	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	53	16
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	50	18
Ret	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	43	14
Ret	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	20	13
Ret	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	18	6

Vettel The Winner!!!

Sebastien Vettel has won the Chinese Grand Prix. The young German was the fastest in qualifying and today in the rainy conditions too he drove a fantastic race. The race started under the safety car, due to the heavy rainfall. The conditions were very difficult to drive, but Vettel was an awsome driver today. Mark Webber was in second place at the end of the race. So the Red Bull Racing Team had a one two for the race.

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were 3rd and 4th respectively with the Mclarens of Keikki and Lewis 5th and 6th.

Ferrari again had a very bad weekend, with Massa retiring and Kimi finishing 12 way out of the points. Glock was 7th and Buemi got the final Championship Point finishing 8th.

Adrian Sutil was in the point scoring place but the accident lost him the points. Force India came close to scoring points but lost them. So their badluck continues.

Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying Results!!!!

An interesting qualifying session ended with smiles for some teams and disappointments for some.

Here are the final results for the qualifying session of the Chinese Grand Prix held at Shanghai.

Jarno Trulli will drop down the order for the race tomorrow due to a penalty for gear box change.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:36.565	1:35.130	1:36.184	11
2	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.443	1:35.803	1:36.381	21
3	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:35.751	1:35.173	1:36.466	19
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:35.701	1:35.503	1:36.493	21
5	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:35.533	1:35.556	1:36.532	19
6	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.308	1:35.645	1:36.835	21
7	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:35.941	1:35.809	1:37.397	23
8	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.137	1:35.856	1:38.089	19
9	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.776	1:35.740	1:38.595	17
10	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:36.284	1:35.965	1:39.321	21
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.525	1:35.975		14
12	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.646	1:36.032		10
13	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.178	1:36.033		11
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:36.364	1:36.066		14
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:36.673	1:36.193		13
16	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:36.906			10
17	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:36.908			10
18	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.966			8
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.669			10
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.672			10

Vettel On Pole

It was a great qualifying session at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. The qualifying was topsy turvy with many drivers coming on pole in the Q1 and Q2 sessions. Ferrari had again some bad luck with Felipe Massa not going through Q3. Kimi Raikkonen was on 9th position.

But in the end Sebastien Vettel took the pole position. And to a surprise Fernando Alonso was on 2nd position.

A great and interesting race to watch tomorrow.

Saturday Practice Results

Round 3 of the Formula 2009 season is held in China at the circuit located at Shanghai.

Below are the results for the Saturday Final Practice Session.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	01:36.1		17
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	01:36.3	0.139	22
3	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	01:36.3	0.197	17
4	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	01:36.5	0.33	16
5	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	01:36.5	0.331	16
6	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	01:36.5	0.395	18
7	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	01:36.5	0.414	13
8	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	01:36.6	0.427	17
9	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	01:36.6	0.435	17
10	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	01:36.6	0.509	17
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	01:36.7	0.569	14
12	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	01:36.7	0.609	14
13	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	01:36.7	0.609	16
14	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	01:36.8	0.701	17
15	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	01:37.3	1.197	8
16	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	01:37.3	1.216	7
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	01:37.5	1.401	17
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	01:37.7	1.599	18
19	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	01:38.0	1.87	6
20	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	01:39.1	2.977	6