Results of the Spanish Grand Prix 2009

by David | Spanish Grand Prix

Last Sunday saw the conclusion of the Formula 1 circus at the Circuit de Catalunya, with another win for Jenson Button driving for this year’s surprise team, Brawn GP, which rose out of the ashes of Honda.

Spain’s Fernando Alonso came in fifth, driving for Renault, while current world champion Lewis Hamilton continued his string of disappointments for McLaren.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Grid	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:37:19.202	1	10
2	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	+13.0 secs	3	8
3	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	+13.9 secs	5	6
4	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	+18.9 secs	2	5
5	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+43.1 secs	8	4
6	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+50.8 secs	4	3
7	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	+52.3 secs	13	2
8	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	+65.2 secs	9	1
9	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	+1 Lap	14
10	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	+1 Lap	6
11	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	+1 Lap	10
12	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	+1 Lap	12
13	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	+1 Lap	11
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	+1 Lap	20
Ret	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Hydraulics	16
Ret	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	Gearbox	18
Ret	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Accident	7
Ret	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	Accident	15
Ret	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	Accident	17
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Accident	19

Attendance was down again this year, at 61,000 although the organisers had hoped to fill the 99,000 capacity circuit – that’s down from 140,300 in 2007, when Alonso was reigning world champions and 132, 600 last year, when they added temporary capacity.

While the economy may play a part, Spanish GP supporters acan be rather fickle. Added to that, the European GP in Valencia almost certainly splits the fan base who may be prepared for one Grand Prix – Barcelona and Valencia are almost equidistant from Madrid.

The next race takes place in Monaco on the weekend of 22nd-24th May.