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German GP - The Race (60 Laps)

Sunday July 12, 2009 | Finished

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  1. Webber takes maiden win despite penalty

    Webber takes maiden win despite penalty

    Mark Webber became the first Australian to win a race for 29 years as Red Bull took a one-two with Sebastian Vettel second in Germany. More

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  1. 0' Glock, left behind by the McLaren in the end, squeezes over the line ahead of Heidfeld, Fisichella and Nakajima in quick succession. That group is ahead of Piquet, Kubica, Sutil, Buemi and Trulli.

  2. 0' Rosberg is fourth ahead of the Brawns of Button and Barrichello, with Alonso and Kovalainen completing the points positions.

  3. 0' Vettel second, Massa third!!

  4. 0' MARK WEBBER WINS HIS FIRST GRAND PRIX!!!

  5. 1' Webber begins his final lap... still well clear of home driver Vettel...

  6. 2' Heading towards the end, Barrichello is warned by his team that Alonso may have a go...

  7. 3' Webber coasting to his first grand prix win in the RB5 from his sister Red Bull. Alonso still looking at Barrichello...

  8. 4' And Alonso in the Renault is closing on the Brawns. Seventh at present, the two-times champion does not have tyre problems and may have time to try and get past.

  9. 5' Drivers' standings leader Button has dropped off Rosberg due to degradation on his rear tyres, putting Barrichello right behind him again...

  10. 6' Glock still right behind Kova as he seeks a World Championship point at his home race...

  11. 7' Webber 15 seconds clear of Vettel, who is ahead of Massa... it will be a first win for an Aussie in 30 years, barring a calamity.

  12. 8' Glock ninth behind Kovalainen after a stunning drive further down the field.

  13. 9' Rosberg is on a two-stopper in fourth and so could fend them off!! Massa in front of him, and will not stop again either...

  14. 10' Button flies away and comes in on the following lap... soft tyres for him and he is out in front of his colleague!!

  15. 11' Eurosport blogger Piquet down in 15th after pitting. In comes Barrichello.

  16. 12' Forgotten who you've got in your Fantasy F1 team? Check it here.

  17. 13' Piquet runs wide as he looks to pass team-mate Alonso. Nothing more on the rain as yet...

  18. 14' Webber leads from Rosberg - yet to stop a second time - Barrichello, Button, Massa and Vettel. Button could snatch second.

  19. 15' Massa also stops and rejoins behind Alonso, who is sixth. The final round of pitstops underway.

  20. 16' Vettel comes in anyway on the next lap and changes to super-softs. And there is apparently rain in the paddock!!

  21. 17' Webber stops cleanly for medium tyres and comes out behind Vettel and in front of Massa. The German will have to stop again of course; and Webber can now hold off the Ferrari to help out his team-mate.

  22. 18' Raikkonen on his retirement and the incident with Sutil, which will be investigated after the race: "It was some issue with the engine, I was losing power then needed to stop. I don't think it was anybody's fault, just normal racing. I don't know what happened, I couldn't see down the side of the car. This is racing."

  23. 19' Kubica allows BMW team-mate Heidfeld through into eighth, due to a difference in strategy.

  24. 20' No rain in the next 30 minutes is the forecast. That would see us through to the end of the race.

  25. 21' Barrichello is still on a three-stop strategy despite that 11-second pitstop. He thought he had changed to a two-stopper...

  26. 22' Hamilton still dead last and has just made his second stop. He must be frustrated after bad luck put paid to his challenge when the new diffuser had almost put him on pole.

  27. 23' Alonso eighth and having a go at Kovalainen as clouds gather. Now a burst of rain really would put a spanner in the works...

  28. 24' Massa third, 1.2s behind Vettel. Webber nowhere to be seen, well over a pitstop ahead of his team-mate despite that penalty.

  29. 25' Raikkonen is out of the grand prix after coming in for a pitstop. Webber flying at the front.

  30. 26' Raikkonen has a problem and is being passed by all and sundry.

  31. 27' Barrichello suffers a problem with the fuelling rig!! They have to use the reserve one, lose time and maybe not get all the fuel into the car that they wanted!!

  32. 28' On the last three laps Webber has made up 0.3s, a second and 1.5s on Barrichello. And in comes Barrichello, leaving clean air for the Aussie to drive into.

  33. 29' The gap between the front two now 1.2 seconds. Barrichello and Brawn are struggling to decide on strategy. Button comes in.

  34. 30' The incident between Raikkonen and Sutil is being investigated. The Finn, world champion in 2007, could be in trouble...

  35. 31' With the no-stoppers now out of the road, Webber in second is 2.2 seconds behind leader Barrichello. Button third.

  36. 32' No sign of rain as yet, although there are some clouds on the horizon... Hamilton was told in no uncertain terms by his team a few laps ago to "concentrate on driving and leave the strategy to us", given his lack of info on the weather.

  37. 33' Germany's Sutil nips in and comes out to collide with Raikkonen!! Part of the front wing on the Force India is smashed and he will have to pit again. Will Kimi be penalised for that blocking move?

  38. 34' Button fifth at present and will be third when Sutil and Rosberg pit. Also there are two drivers keeping Vettel away behind him...

  39. 35' Massa comes in and Barrichello floors it down the straight. Super-softs for Massa. He comes out in front of team-mate Raikkonen and behind Vettel.

  40. 36' Webber made up two seconds on Barrichello on the last lap!! He's eight seconds off the lead... When will the Brazilian 2008 runner-up come in?

  41. 37' The Ferrari guys are out ready to receive a driver... it is Raikkonen though, not Massa!!

  42. 38' Webber seventh, waiting for them to shift out of his way. He really, really wants this. Drivers' qualifying reaction

  43. 39' Raikkonen, Vettel, Sutil, Rosberg and Kubica still to pit from the top eight.

  44. 40' Webber should be second when it all comes out in the wash, and with Massa in a temporary P1 holding up Barrichello, he may be able to win this race yet...

  45. 41' Bourdais is out of the grand prix with a mechanical problem. Is that his last appearance in F1? He got the Toro Rosso back to the pits, at least. Loeb fancies Bourdais seat

  46. 42' Webber pits and gets out again ahead of Button on his hard tyres. His team are still confident of victory...

  47. 43' How will the constructors' standings be affected by this race? Find out here.

  48. 44' Button 12th and waiting for the field to pit and resolve itself.

  49. 45' Massa defends from Barrichello. Kovalainen pits from second and comes out in 15th, where Glock is forced to run wide to accommodate him... and while they quarrel Nakajima takes a place from the German.

  50. 46' Barrichello into the pits for tyres while Webber comes in for his penalty, going straight through as the Brawn stops. Rubens out behind Massa and in front of Vettel.

  51. 47' Button comes in for a new set, on a two-stopper. He re-emerges in front of Piquet and behind lapped Hamilton.

  52. 48' Button has a problem with his tyres, which his team report is replicated on the race leader's vehicle. They are graining.

  53. 49' Webber given a drivethrough penalty!! That hurts his bid to become the first Australian for 30-odd years to win a race in F1.

  54. 50' The time difference between Button and Barrichello is 15 seconds. Is that championship lead set to come down a fair bit? Drivers' standings

  55. 51' Stewards are investigating the incident between Webber and Barrichello at the start. Webber may be in trouble after his move sideways into his rival for the lead... he defended his position somewhat aggressively.

  56. 52' Vettel has a nibble at Massa but he cannot get around the outside.

  57. 53' Massa also told to look after his tyres in the Ferrari. German driver Vettel is on his rear end.

  58. 54' The order behind Vettel in sixth: Raikkonen, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica, Fernando Alonso, Nick Heidfeld, Giancarlo Fisichella, Seb Buemi, Nelson Piquet Jr, Glock, Kazuki Nakajima, Seb Bourdais, Jarno Trulli and Hamilton.

  59. 55' Hamilton lapped by his team-mate and Button. Lewis will have to stop once more in this race. Webber is told to look after his tyres by his team as he tries to keep tabs on Barrichello.

  60. 56' The front two are pulling away as the McLaren man holds up the others. Button looking to get past but as yet unable to find a gap.

  61. 57' Webber almost a second behind Barrichello. The Aussie started quite well, just not as well as the Brazilian. There are eight seconds back to Kova in third. The Finn is not running the updated MP4-24 which Hamilton has.

  62. 58' Hamilton way behind then thanks to a touch with Webber at the start which deflated his right rear tyre. Button is fourth after passing Massa of Ferrari.

  63. 59' Hamilton had gone all the way to the front before locking up and coming back into the fray. He picked up a puncture though and has to pit; Kovalainen also got off well while Button and Vettel are fifth and sixth.

  64. 60' Barrichello sneaks through to take P1 with Webber second, Heikki Kovalainen third and Felipe Massa fourth.

  65. 60' Hamilton shoots up but runs wide at the first corner while Webber moves sideways into Barrichello but both stay on track...

  66. 60' WE ARE GO GO GO IN GERMANY!!

  67. - Fernando Alonso spins the R29 before the race start!!

  68. - The drivers are off on their warm-up lap. Timo Glock starts from the pits after an incident in qualifying while Button's British compatriot Lewis Hamilton starts fifth in an improved McLaren.

  69. - Mark Webber is on pole for the first time in his career and looking for his maiden GP win. The Brawn of Rubens Barrichello is alongside him, while Jenson Button's Brawn is next to Webber's Red Bull team-mate Seb Vettel on the second row. Grid positions

  70. - It's dry ahead of the race start at 13:00 UK time. Check out the forecast here.

  71. - Welcome to LIVE coverage from the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

Circuit Map

Nurburgring Circuit
 

About the German GP

Length 5.148 km
Laps 60 (308.863 Km)
Last Year 1, 2, 3 1. F. Alonso 2. F. Massa 3. M. Webber
Record Lap M. Schumacher - 1'29''468 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole M. Schumacher - 1'28''351 (2004, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole K. Raikkonen - 1'31''450 (Ferrari)

Previous winners

Year Driver
2007 F. Alonso (McLaren)
2006 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2005 F. Alonso (Renault)
2004 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003 R. Schumacher (Williams)
2002 R. Barrichello (Ferrari)
2001 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1999 J. Herbert (Stewart)
1998 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
1997 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1996 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1995 M. Schumacher (Benetton)

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  1. Most boring? Tell me about Webber's great comeback­ then?

    From aaron1990, on Sun 12 Jul 2:02PM
  2. As Kimi has retired they should give him a 10 second­ penalty in the next race,only fair.

    From IVORBENTONE, on Sun 12 Jul 2:01PM
  3. Kimi's eng is going to give up the ghost

    From mungo, on Sun 12 Jul 1:58PM
  4. These drive-thru penalties are ridiculous. Schumacher­ won 7 titles by knocking other cars off the road.

    From greyarea13, on Sun 12 Jul 1:58PM
  5. What a formidable nonsense, now they'll penalize­ Kimi too! Time to give up on F1, I'm getting sick­ of all the "background"

    From lilla83, on Sun 12 Jul 1:58PM
  6. FIA Ferrari International Assistance will let Riakanon­ get away with it yet again.

    From IVORBENTONE, on Sun 12 Jul 1:55PM
  7. Cant stand watching this race anymore, it is the most­ boring one Ive ever seen.

    From Gary, on Sun 12 Jul 1:54PM
  8. lets see if the stewards do the same with Kimi as they­ did to Mark Suttli didnt deserve that

    From mungo, on Sun 12 Jul 1:52PM
  9. And now, what? Punish Kimi?

    From lilla83, on Sun 12 Jul 1:49PM
  10. I am hoping Sutil can pick up some points

    From jjmalone, on Sun 12 Jul 1:46PM
  11. In P20 and out of the race Sebastien Bourdais can use­ the spare time to pack his stuff.

    From Red Ears, on Sun 12 Jul 1:45PM
  12. Down with the judges! Drive through for Webber not­ fair! What don't they just let the cars one by one­ to the track and time them up! If they ban any contact­ what kind of a race can we expect? BORING! Drivers­ allready have to pay much more attention on rules and­ regularions, as well as not to touch anybody, God­ forbid, than to driving! Please organize a poll on­ penalties, cans and cannots! And Webber was awesome, he­ didn't endanger anyone, he just pushed himself­ through!

    From lilla83, on Sun 12 Jul 1:34PM
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    Webber is just a one lap qualifying specialist.... he­ is just a overrated, media hyped, loud mouth @#$%. He­ should learn from the kiddo in the team instead of­ talking sh it all day and finding excused for every­ performance of his.

    From Elan, on Sun 12 Jul 1:33PM
  14. the aussie whinger has shot himself in the foot

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:31PM
  15. the hamster slapping continues

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:29PM
  16. the hamster slapping continues

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:29PM
  17. the hamster slapping continues

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:29PM
  18. the hamster slapping continues

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:29PM
  19. the hamster slapping continues

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:29PM
  20. the hamster slapping continues

    From Burt, on Sun 12 Jul 1:29PM
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