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The European Grand Prix 2009 was the 11th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain, on August 23rd.
Rubens Barrichello won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Lewis Hamilton, who originally had the pole position, and Kimi Räikkönen 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 race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 2 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Sébastien Buemi, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 41, and Sebastian Vettel, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 23.
Brakes
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Sébastien BuemiLap 41
Engine
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Sebastian VettelLap 23
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.043 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:39.489. Heikki Kovalainen was right behind him, helping McLaren score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.
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 13 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
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.