2010 Michael Schumacher Merchandise

2009 Abu Dhabi GP – Race result – Win for Vettel

Posted on November 01, 2009 by F1Wolf

Vettel, Webber and 4th 1-2 Red Bull finish of the season

Fourth 1-2 finish of the season for Red Bull courtesy of Vettel and Webber

Sebastian Vettel won the rather dull inaugural Abu Dhabi GP and claimed second place in the drivers championship. One of few exciting parts of this GP was the final laps fight between Webber and Button for 2nd place. Webber prevailed and helped to secured fourth 1-2 finish of the season for Red Bull Racing. Rubens Barrichello finished 4th, Nick Heidfeld 5th in BMW Sauber’s final F1 race. Kamui Kobayashi scored 3 points for 6th place in only his second F1 race. The final 2 point scoring positions belong to Jarno Trulli and Sebastien Buemi.


The pole setter Lewis Hamilton retired after his first pit stop with brake problems. Both McLaren and Ferrari failed to score points, that means that McLaren holds on to 3rd place in constructors table.

The only other retirement of the race was the curious case of Jaime Alguersuari. He mistakenly aimed for Red Bull garage for his first pit stop. The Red Bull crew (expecting Vettel at that time) waived him through. Alguersuari had to go round the track for one more lap. He retired on that lap because of broken gearbox.

2009 Abu Dhabi GP race result

1. S. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:34:03.414
2. M. Webber – Red Bull + 17.857
3. J. Button – Brawn GP + 18.467
4. R. Barrichello – Brawn GP + 22.735
5. N. Heidfeld – BMW Sauber + 26.253
6. K. Kobayashi – Toyota + 28.343
7. J. Trulli – Toyota + 34.366
8. S. Buemi – Toro Rosso + 41.294
9. N. Rosberg – Williams + 45.941
10. R. Kubica – BMW Sauber + 48.180
11. H. Kovalainen – McLaren + 52.798
12. K. Räikkönen – Ferrari + 54.317
13. K. Nakajima – Williams + 1:59.839
14. F. Alonso – Renault + 1:09.687
15. V. Liuzzi – Force India + 1:34.450
16. G. Fisichella – Ferrari + 1 lap
17. R. Grosjean – Renault + 1 lap
18. A. Sutil – Force India + 1 lap

Did not finish

19. L. Hamilton – McLaren + 35 laps
20. J. Alguersuari – Toro Rosso + 37 laps

Fastest lap – Vettel – 1:40.279

The race may have been dull, but at least there are some nice pictures in return for those millions spent building the racing resort. Here are few courtesy of Red Bull:

Sebastian Vettel Abu Dhabi GP

Sebastian Vettel Abu Dhabi GP

Mark Webber Abu Dhabi

Mark Webber Abu Dhabi

Sebastian Vettel - Abu Dhabi special

Sebastian Vettel - Abu Dhabi special

Photos: Red Bull/GEPA

2 Responses to “2009 Abu Dhabi GP – Race result – Win for Vettel”

  1. MurphNo Gravatar

    - 2nd Nov, 09 03:11pm

    Great to see the fight for second between Button and Webber. Webber really showed off his talent while Button faltered somewhat. Vettel is going to be quite the force to be reckoned with in the coming years!

    Also, with regard to Alguersuari, I thought he ran out of fuel as a result of the faulty pitstop?

    Reply to this comment

    • F1WolfNo Gravatar (author comment)

      - 2nd Nov, 09 03:11pm

      Also, with regard to Alguersuari, I thought he ran out of fuel as a result of the faulty pitstop?

      That was the original story. The team came up with the gearbox one after the race.

      Reply to this comment

Leave a Reply

  • Subscribe to F1Wolf

    Enter your email address:

  • Twitter Updates

  • 2010 F1 Car Launches

    Ferrari - Jan 28
    McLaren - Jan 29
    Sauber - Jan 31
    Renault - Jan 31
    Mercedes - Feb 1
    Toro Rosso - Feb 1
    Williams - Feb 1
    Virgin Racing - Feb 3 (virtual)
    Force India - Feb 9
    Red Bull - Feb 10
    Lotus - Feb 12
    Campos - TBA
    US F1 - TBA
  • 2010 F1 Winter Testing

    February 1 - 3, Valencia
    February 10 - 13, Jerez
    February 17 - 20, Jerez
    February 25 - 28, Barcelona
    Early February - Barber Motorsport Park, Alabama (USF1)
  • 2010 F1 Teams and Drivers

    Mercedes GP
    1. Nico Rosberg
    2. Michael Schumacher
    Engine - Mercedes

    Red Bull
    1. Sebastian Vettel
    2. Mark Webber
    Engine - Renault

    McLaren
    1. Jenson Button
    2. Lewis Hamilton
    Engine - Mercedes

    Ferrari
    1. Felipe Massa
    2. Fernando Alonso
    Engine - Ferrari

    Williams
    1. Rubens Barrichello
    2. Nico Hulkenberg
    Engine - Cosworth

    Renault
    1. Robert Kubica
    2. Vitaly Petrov
    Engine - Renault

    Toro Rosso
    1. Sebastien Buemi
    2. Jaime Alguersuari
    Engine - Ferrari

    Force India
    1. Adrian Sutil
    2. Vitantonio Liuzzi
    Engine - Mercedes

    USF1
    1. Jose Maria Lopez
    2. TBA
    Engine - Cosworth

    Campos META
    1. TBA
    2. Bruno Senna
    Engine - Cosworth

    Virgin Racing
    1. Timo Glock
    2. Lucas di Grassi
    Engine - Cosworth

    Lotus
    1. Jarno Trulli
    2. Heikki Kovalainen
    Engine - Cosworth

    Sauber
    1. Kamui Kobayashi
    2. Pedro de la Rosa
    Engine - Ferrari
  • 2010 F1 Calendar

    14 Mar – Bahrain
    28 Mar – Australia
    4 Apr – Malaysia
    18 Apr – China
    9 May – Spain
    16 May – Monaco
    30 May – Turkey
    13 Jun – Canada
    27 Jun – Europe (Valencia)
    11 Jul – Great Britain
    25 Jul – Germany
    1 Aug – Hungary
    29 Aug – Belgium
    12 Sep – Italy
    26 Sep – Singapore
    10 Oct – Japan
    24 Oct – Korea
    7 Nov – Brazil
    14 Nov – Abu Dhabi
  • Recent Posts

  • Social Networks

  • My Flickr Photos

  • Archives

© 2009 F1 Wolf. All rights reserved. ColorMatic Theme by Theme Wars.