User:Linkyblinky/Predictions of 2009 Malaysia Grand Prix

This is what I think should of been the result of the 2009 Malaysian GP(Along with my fake Australian GP too).

Qualifying
1. Kimi Räikkönen 2. Felipe Massa 3. Lewis Hamilton 4. Robert Kubica 5. Fernando Alonso 6. Heikki Kovalainen 7. Nick Heidfeld 8. Jarno Trulli 9. Nico Rosberg 10. Jenson Button 11. Mark Webber† 12. Timo Glock 13. Nelson Piquet Jr. 14. Sebastian Vettel 15. Rubens Barrichello 16. Kazuki Nakajima 17. Sébastien Buemi 18. Sébastien Bourdais 19. Giancarlo Fisichella 20. Adrian Sutil † Mark Webber qualified 6th, but was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Pre-race
(In order of constructor's leaders)

Scuderia Ferrari
After dominating the Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari are looking good so far. Leading Red Bull Racing by 12 points, both their drivers will show the world again their skills and try to win again.

Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel didn't have a good qualifying session, and will start in 14th. Mark Webber starts from 11th after it was revealed he switch gearboxes during Friday Practice.

BMW Sauber F1 Team
This team is one of only two constructors(with Ferrari) in which both their drivers finished in the points in the Australian GP. They also secretly introduced a turbo-jacked diffuser which was accepted by the FIA.

McLaren-Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton might regain his confidence by scoring a podium in this race having failed to in the previous race. If Hamilton kept third place until the end Red Bull and McLaren would swap positions in the constructors' championship.

Renault F1 Team
Fernando Alonso did well at Albert Park and wants to do well at Kuala Lumper. Fifth place might help, but for Nelson Piquet Jr. it's touch and go in 13th. Not good!

BrawnGP F1 Team
Ross Brawn is very happy with his team's first points in their debut race, and this might happen again with Jenson Button's 10th place. Rubens Barrichello had a miserable weekend so far, and it's going to go from bad to worse...

Toyota Racing
Jarno Trulli once again topped the Toyota sheets with 8th place. He should finish here to guarantee their team's first points finish of the year.

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Another race, another struggle and yet another failure during practice, and it might get worse if your Sébastien Bourdais behind the wheel. He never achived a good result in the weekend at all, and that's just the start...

Williams F1 Team
Nico Rosberg is confident that he can score some points from 9th. Kazuki Nakajima will start 16th, not the best of qualifying results for the team.

Force India F1 Team
This young team will improve. And to improve is to score some points later this season, and if you think that's impossible and stuff like that, you ain't seen nothing yet!

Lap 1
Lewis Hamilton had a fast start, surprassing Felipe Massa and passing him in the first corner and Kimi Räikkönen in the second turn. At the first corner further down the pack, Bourdais hasn't had any luck at all, colliding out of the race with Kazuki Nakajima. Nakajima didn't crash out, but there was no saftey car.

Lap 2
Robert Kubica given a drive-through penalty for passing Massa under yellow flags at the first turn(The centre of Bourdais' crash). Button passes both Trulli and Rosberg for 8th spot. Rosberg was also passed by Mark Webber.

Lap 3
Rubens Barrichello spins out at Turn 7, Button moves up to 7th.

Lap 5
Räikkönen passes Hamilton.

Lap 6
Webber passes Trulli.

Lap 7-8
Piquet tries to pass Rosberg, but on Lap 8, Rosberg loses his front wing, and some debrie. Saftey car is deployed.

Lap 9
All the remaining drivers pit in, but when Massa was leaving his pits, Piquet bumps into his sidepod and jumps over the Ferrari's nose cone, damaging his suspension and signalling the end of Piquet's race, Massa recovered quickly and continued the race.

Lap 10
Saftey car period ends, Button passes Robert Kubica.

Lap 16
Glock retires.

Lap 17
Button passes Alonso, Rosberg retires.

Lap 18
Heikki Kovalainen retires.

Lap 19
Nick Heidfeld retires.

Lap 24
Giancarlo Fisichella makes his first stop.

Lap 25
Massa pits.

Lap 26
Webber, Hamilton, and Kubica pit.

Lap 27
Button and Alonso pit.

Lap 28
Vettel crashes out, Räikkönen pits.

Lap 29
Saftey car comes out.

Lap 30
Saftey car comes back into pits.

Lap 31
Buemi is up to seventh.

Lap 39-48
Last round of pit stops.

Lap 41
Button is in fourth in front of Kubica who is slowing closing the gap onto him.

Lap 42
Alonso gains 6th place and is dramatically catching Kubica and Button.

Lap 45
Alonso has gained on the two cars in front of him.

Lap 49
Alonso passes both Kubica and Button coming into the first corner. Button gets passed by both Kubica and Alonso, but Kubica remains in 5th.

Lap 52
Webber passes Buemi.

Lap 56
Kimi Räikkönen wins again, with Lewis Hamilton second and Felipe Massa third. Sébastien Buemi scores his first points finish in his first year.

Results
1. Kimi Räikkönen 2. Lewis Hamilton 3. Felipe Massa 4. Fernando Alonso 5. Robert Kubica 6. Jenson Button 7. Mark Webber 8. Sébastien Buemi 9. Jarno Trulli 10. Kazuki Nakajima 11. Giancarlo Fisichella 12. Adrian Sutil

Retirements
Sébastien Bourdais Rubens Barrichello Nelson Piquet Jr. Timo Glock Nico Rosberg Heikki Kovalainen Nick Heidfeld Sebastian Vettel

Post-race
Although Ferrari couldn't make it two 1-2s in a row, the team's lead over second continued to grow. This race is Sébastien Buemi's first points in only his second grand prix, and is pleased with it. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica ran out of fuel when he finished the race and stopped at turn 2, Mark Webber managed to come to the polish driver's rescue by helping him onto his car and driving him to his pit box, the FIA(Formula One's governing body) suggested that Kubica's pit crew failed to refuel the car during Kubica's second stop, and didn't do a "splash and dash" which would have demoted him to around 6th. BMW were fined $100 for the mistake, and although after the race Webber and Red Bull were fifth on the standings, an extra two points was added to Webber's tally for helping a stranded driver.

Driver standings
The drivers order would stand like this. 1. Kimi Räikkönen with 20 points 2. Felipe Massa with 14 points 3. Lewis Hamilton with 13 points 4. Mark Webber with 10 points 5. Fernando Alonso with 9 points 6. Robert Kubica with 7 points 7. Jenson Button with 4 points 8. Nick Heidfeld with 2 points 9. Sébastien Buemi with 1 point The rest are on 0 points at the moment.

Constructor standings
The constructors order would stand like this. 1. Ferrari with 34 points 2. McLaren-Mercedes with 13 points 3. Red Bull-Renault with 10 points 4. Renault with 9 points 5. BMW Sauber with 9 points also 6. Brawn-Mercedes with 4 points 7. Toro Rosso with 1 point The rest are on 0 points at the moment.

End
And that should do. I'm pretty sure this cleared my memory up a little. (DO NOT DELETE THIS PAGE THANK YOU!)