The Belgian Grand Prix 2009 was the 12th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, on August 30th.
Kimi Räikkönen won the race after starting in the 6th position, followed by Giancarlo Fisichella, who originally had the pole position, and Sebastian Vettel completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
There were some incidents during the race, with 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Fernando Alonso, who had to retire on lap 26, Jarno Trulli, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 21, and Jenson Button, Romain Grosjean, Lewis Hamilton, and Jaime Alguersuari, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.
Retired
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Fernando AlonsoLap 26
Brakes
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Jarno TrulliLap 21
Collision
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Jenson ButtonLap 0
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Romain GrosjeanLap 0
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Lewis HamiltonLap 0
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Jaime AlguersuariLap 0
Qualifying
Giancarlo Fisichella managed to get the pole position by 0.087 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:46.308. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Jarno Trulli.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.