Formula 1: One-two clean sweep for Brawn at Monza
Brawn drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button celebrated a one-two clean sweep in the Italian Grand Prix. Barrichello, whose Brawn-Mercedes is also equipped with ZF Sachs Race Engineering dampers like that of his team mate, clinched his second Formula 1 victory of the year around the high-speed track at Monza. He is also still in contention for the World Championship title, like his British team mate who maintained his championship lead. With 146 points now in the Manufacturers’ Championship the Brawn-Mercedes team with dampers from the high-tech factory in Schweinfurt forged well clear of its closest rivals.
Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen, another driver of a ZF Sachs partner team, also collected valuable world championship points. The Finn, who relies on ZF Sachs dampers, can also be Formula 1 World Champion. Nick Heidfeld’s performance was also impressive. The 32-year old driver from Mönchengladbach fought his way through the field from 15th to seventh place and in doing so collected two world championship points in his BMW-Sauber fitted with ZF Sachs dampers.
Result Italian GP (I), round 13, FIA Formula 1 World Championship, 11.09.-13.09.2009:
1. R. Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes, 1:16.21.706 hrs, ZF Sachs
2. J. Button, Brawn-Mercedes, + 2.866 sec, ZF Sachs
3. K. Räikkönen, Ferrari, + 30.664 sec, ZF Sachs
4. A. Sutil, Force India-Mercedes, + 31.131 sec.
5. F. Alonso, Renault, + 59.182 sec.
6. H. Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes, + 1:00.693 min.
7. N. Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber, + 1:22.412 min, ZF Sachs
8. S. Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, + 1:25.407 min.
Drivers’ World Championship standings:
1. J. Button, 80.0 points; 2. R. Barrichello, 66.0; 3. S. Vettel, 54.0; 4. M. Webber, 51.5; 5. K. Räikkönen, 40.0; 6. N. Rosberg, 30.5; 7. L. Hamilton, 27.0; 8. J. Trulli, 22.5; 9. F. Massa, 22.0; 10. F. Alonso, 20.0.
Manufacturers’ World Championship standings:
1. Brawn-Mercedes, 146.0 points; 2. Red Bull-Renault, 105.5; 3. Ferrari, 62.0; 4. McLaren-Mercedes, 47.0; 5. Toyota, 38.5; 6. Williams-Toyota, 30.5; 7. Renault, 20.0; 8. BMW Sauber, 18.0; 9. Force India-Mercedes, 13.0; 10. STR-Ferrari, 5.0.
Further results:
Result Monza (I), round 11, Porsche Supercup, 11.09.-13.09.2009:
1. R. Rast, Porsche, 26:46.829 min., ZF Sachs
2. J. Bleekemolen, Porsche, + 6.266 sec, ZF Sachs
3. N. Siedler, Porsche, + 12.980 sec, ZF Sachs
4. S. Rosina, Porsche, + 13.563 sec, ZF Sachs
5. D. Faulkner, Porsche, + 14.310 sec, ZF Sachs
6. P. Huisman, Porsche, + 17.886 sec, ZF Sachs
7. L. Arnold, Porsche, + 19.291 sec, ZF Sachs
8. J. Janák, Porsche, + 19.925 sec, ZF Sachs
Drivers’ Championship standings:
1. J. Bleekemolen, 212 points; 2. R. Rast, 169; 3. S. Rosina, 136; 4. P. Huisman, 130; 5. N. Siedler, 107; 6. D. Faulkner, 103; 7. R. Westbrook, 78; 8. J. Janak, 77; 9. R. Williams, 74; 10. M. Halliday, 69.
Result Monza (I), round 8, Formula BMW Europe, 11.09.–13.09.2009:
Race 1
1. D. Juncadella, BMW, 24:40.816 min, ZF Sachs
2. L. Nasr, BMW, + 0.479 sec, ZF Sachs
3. R. Frijns, BMW, + 1.698 sec, ZF Sachs
4. J. Tarancon, BMW, +4.406 sec, ZF Sachs
5. J. Harvey, BMW, +5.951 sec, ZF Sachs
6. W. Buller, BMW, +6.933 sec, ZF Sachs
7. J. Pla, BMW, 9.041 sec, ZF Sachs
8. T. Hansen, BMW, 9.274 sec, ZF Sachs
Race 2
1. L. Nasr, BMW, 24:12.869 min, ZF Sachs
2. D. Juncadella, BMW, + 0.268 sec, ZF Sachs
3. D. Sechelariu, BMW, + 1.094 sec, ZF Sachs
4. M. Christensen, BMW, + 2.005 sec, ZF Sachs
5. O. Lombard, BMW, + 7.434 sec, ZF Sachs
6. J. Jaafar, BMW, + 10.221 sec, ZF Sachs
7. T. Hansen, BMW, + 10.509 sec, ZF Sachs
8. R. Svendsen-Cook, BMW, + 14.303 sec, ZF Sachs
Final Drivers’ Championship standings:
1. F. Nasr 392 points; 2. D. Juncadella, 288; 3. R. Frijns, 265; 4. M. Christensen, 233; 5. J. Pla, 222; 6. R. Svendsen-Cook, 165; 7. J. Harvey, 149; 8. F. Regalia, 148; 9. J. Jaafar, 123; 10. W. Buller, 113.