Formula 1: Button World Champion for Brawn with ZF Sachs dampers
Jenson Button and Brawn GP celebrated winning the title at the sixteenth and penultimate round of the Formula 1 World Championship in Brazil. Fifth position at Interlagos was sufficient for the Briton to build an unassailable points lead before the finale in Abu Dhabi.
His team mate Rubens Barrichello, who dominated the opening stage of the race, dropped down to eighth position due to a tyre failure.
Just like the Brawn GP team race car, which won the championship title in its debut season, the BMW Sauber F1 team cars are also equipped with ZF Sachs Race Engineering dampers. Robert Kubica scored his best result of the season in second place behind race winner Mark Webber and, in doing so, equalled a previous second place scored by the German-Swiss squad this year.
Kimi R�kk�en took the chequered flag in seventh for Ferrari. His race car is also fitted with dampers produced by the German technology company. The Toro Rosso of Swiss driver S�astien Buemi in seventh position is equipped with dampers and a clutch from Schweinfurt.
Results, GP Brasil (BR), 16th round, FIA Formula 1 World Championship, 16 Oct � 18 Oct 2009:
1. M. Webber, Red Bull-Renault, 1h 32m 23.081s
2. R. Kubica, BMW-Sauber, + 7.626s, ZF Sachs
3. L. Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, + 18.944s
4. S. Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, + 19.652s
5. J. Button, Brawn-Mercedes, + 29.005s, ZF Sachs
6. K. R�kk�en, Ferrari, + 33.340s, ZF Sachs
7. S. Buemi, STR-Ferrari, + 35.991s, ZF Sachs
8. R. Barrichello, Brawn-Mercedes, + 45.454s, ZF Sachs
Drivers� standings:
1. J. Button, 89,0 points; 2. S. Vettel, 74,0; 3. R. Barrichello, 72,0; 4. M. Webber, 61,5; 5. L. Hamilton, 49,0; 6. K. R�kk�en, 48,0; 7. N. Rosberg, 34,5; 8. J. Trulli, 30,5; 9. F. Alonso, 26,0; 10. T. Glock, 24,0.
Constructors� championship:
1. Brawn-Mercedes, 161,0 points; 2. Red Bull-Renault, 135,5; 3. McLaren-Mercedes, 71,0; 4. Ferrari, 70,0; 5. Toyota, 54,5; 6. Williams-Toyota, 34,5; 7. BMW-Sauber, 32,0; 8. Renault, 26,0; 9. Force India-Mercedes, 13,0; 10. STR-Ferrari, 7,0.