User:Linkyblinky/Predictions of 2009 Australia GP

This is what I think should of been the result of the 2009 Australian GP.

Qualifying
1. Kimi Räikkönen 2. Heikki Kovalainen 3. Robert Kubica 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. Felipe Massa 6. Fernando Alonso 7. Mark Webber 8. Nick Heidfeld 9. Sebastian Vettel 10. Jarno Trulli 11. Nelson Piquet Jr. 12. Nico Rosberg 13. Jenson Button 14. Timo Glock 15. Sébastien Bourdais 16. Rubens Barrichello 17. Giancarlo Fisichella 18. Sébastien Buemi 19. Adrian Sutil 20. (empty) Starting from pit lane: Kazuki Nakajima

McLaren-Mercedes
First race for team pricipal Martin Whitmarsh, who's confident 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton can defend his driver's championship from any stolen hopes, but that's nothing compared to what the constructor's champions of 2008 have in store...

Scuderia Ferrari
Stefano Domenicali and Ferrari crew are gearing up to take the season up by storm. There could be chance that Felipe Massa could win this year's championship, following on from his near miss the previous year.

BMW Sauber F1 Team
Drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica are determined to contest the championship for 2009 with a points scoring position. Confidence is all it takes for the new BMW F1.09 to make a difference.

Renault F1 Team
Bob Bell is determined to let his team get back into championship contention after finishing 4th in last year's constructor's championship. This could help when Alonso qualifies 6th, and Piquet Jr. will start 11th.

Toyota Racing
Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock will pair up again this year for a chance to snatch any hopes of championship victories and avoid any more silly mistakes, but it's going to be a challenge.

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Team boss Franz Tost is still getting ready for 2009. With Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull Racing, rookie driver Sébastien Buemi is determined to keep the team's confidence up.

Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel will make his debut for Red Bull Racing to replace the retired David Coulthard alongside Mark Webber. Webber broke down on the warm-up lap and made it to the grid late. His front wing fell off his nose cone later on and the crew mended it with superglue.

Williams F1 Team
Nico Rosberg is determined to be Williams' top driver if he can come at least 6th in the race. The tricky step will be that he starts from 12th. Kazuki Nakajima crashed during the first part of qualifiying and wil start from the pit lane.

Force India F1 Team
First race for Force India driving with Mercedes engines. Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil struggled during qualifying and is determined to score their first Formula One points.

BrawnGP F1 Team
First race for BrawnGP, led by Ross Brawn himself. The team retains Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello after the Honda F1 Racing Team withdrew from the sport in 2008.

Lap 1
Massa has a terrific start and moves to 2nd behind his teammate. Webber drops to 9th, and Vettel slowly drops to 12th. Kovalainen had a poor start, going from 2nd to 6th. Chaos at the first corner, as Vettel is hit in the back by Glock, causing Rosberg to lose his front wing and front left wheel. Bourdais and Barrichello didn't see the incident happen and collide with each other and ends up on the grass with them. Fisichella ran wide when he saw the incident happen, and collided with his teammate, losing his front wing.

Lap 2
Saftey car is deployed, Alonso moves up to 5th. Fisichella meanwhile pits for a new front wing. The pit stop took too long, taking 24.7 seconds. He is now further down the field in last place.

Lap 4
Saftey car period ends and the race continues as normal. Button loses ground to Piquet, moving himself up to 10th.

Lap 5
Hamilton passes Kubica.

Lap 9
Webber gains up onto Trulli, and overtakes the Toyota with ease, Webber is now 8th.

Lap 10
Nakajima overtakes Sutil for 13th place.

Lap 13
Piquet retires, Alonso passes Kubica.

Lap 14
Fisichella spins the car out of control, causing his front wing to be slightly damaged.

Lap 15
Massa overtakes Räikkönen.

Lap 17
Räikkönen overtakes Massa.

Lap 20
Webber overtakes Heidfeld, Trulli crashes out and the saftey car comes out.

Lap 22
Saftey car period is over, Webber overtakes a slower Kovalainen, Kubica passes Alonso, Button slowly gets passed by Buemi, but gets back passed by Button.

Lap 23
Pit stops have begun. Alonso is first in. His pit stop time was 8.2 seconds.

Lap 24
Massa, Kubica, and Alonso come into the pits for their stops.

Lap 26
Raikkonen pits, Hamilton leads.

Lap 27
Webber pits.

Lap 28
Hamilton pits, Sutil retires.

Lap 29
Buemi and Button pits.

Lap 30
Heidfeld pits.

Lap 33
Webber passes Alonso.

Lap 34
Nakajima pits.

Lap 36
Fisichella pits but retires.

Lap 43
A chicken runs across the race track, and is killed by Nakajima, which damages his front right wheel, and then pits. Meanwhile, the saftey car comes out for the 3rd time.

Lap 44
Race resumes as normal.

Lap 45-49
Last round of pit stops.

Lap 51
Massa overtakes Hamilton after his second stop.

Lap 54
Close up on an importaint battle between Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Nakajima and Buemi. Three of the cars (except Heidfeld) collide with each other, causing them to bring out the 4th and last saftey car of the race.

Lap 57
The race is nearly finished and the ending is very close. Hamilton was slow away and gets passed by Webber.

Lap 58
In the end, it was Räikkönen has won the race ahead of Massa, marking it's first one-two of the season, while Button scores BrawnGP's first points in its' debut.

Results
1. Kimi Räikkönen 2. Felipe Massa 3. Mark Webber 4. Lewis Hamilton 5. Fernando Alonso 6. Robert Kubica 7. Nick Heidfeld 8. Jenson Button 9. Kazuki Nakajima(Did not finish) 10. Sébastien Buemi (Did not finish) 11. Heikki Kovalainen (Did not finish)

Retirements
Sebastian Vettel Timo Glock Nico Rosberg Sébastien Bourdais Rubens Barrichello Nelson Piquet Jr. Jarno Trulli Adrian Sutil Giancarlo Fisichella

Post-race
Several firsts were made during this dramatic race. The first Ferrari 1-2 in the Aussie GP since 2004, Mark Webber's first podium on home soil, and the first time since a new team scored points in their debut race(In this case it's BrawnGP). The stewards paid a visit to the Toyota garage to see the cause of Jarno Trulli's crash, Trulli was already 14 seconds behind eighth place prior to his crash, and quite angry, when he drove into turn 3, after braking for 3 seconds, he accelerated in fury and the car lost traction, spun off and crashed into the wall, Trulli was warned to "not get into a temper tandrum and crash". Trulli stayed calm for Malaysia.

Driver standings
The drivers' championship would currently stand in the same order of which driver finished in after the race, since this is the first race of the season.

Constructor standings
Here are the standings for the constructors' championship if the result of this race actully happened. 1. Ferrari with 18 points 2. Red Bull-Renault with 6 points 3. BMW Sauber with 5 points 4. McLaren-Mercedes with 5 points also 5. Renault with 4 points 6. Brawn-Mercedes with 1 point The rest are on 0 points at the moment.

End
That's how I thought the Australian Grand Prix of 2009 would be. (Note: Please do not delete from this page please.)