The Hungarian Grand Prix 2009 was the 10th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary, on July 26th.

Lewis Hamilton won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, and Mark Webber completing the podium.

Fernando Alonso started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a wheel problem, and had to retire on lap 15th.

Final results

1
3
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
1:38:23.876
Finished
2
5
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+11.529
Finished
3
-
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+16.886
Finished
4
1
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+26.967
Finished
5
1
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+34.392
Finished
6
7
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+35.237
Finished
7
1
BUT
Jenson Button
Brawn
+55.088
Finished
8
3
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:08.172
Finished
9
-
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+1:08.774
Finished
10
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Brawn
+1:09.256
Finished
11
4
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1:10.612
Finished
12
2
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+1:11.512
Finished
13
5
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+1:14.046
Finished
14
2
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+1 Lap
15
4
ALG
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
16
6
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
17
15
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
Suspension
18
17
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
Wheel
19
2
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
Overheating
20
20
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
Withdrew
Show all

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 4 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Sebastian Vettel, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 29, Fernando Alonso, who had a wheel problem on lap 15, Adrian Sutil, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 1, and Felipe Massa, who withdrew on lap 0.

Suspension

  • Sebastian Vettel
    Lap 29

Wheel

  • Fernando Alonso
    Lap 15

Overheating

  • Adrian Sutil
    Lap 1

Withdrew

  • Felipe Massa
    Lap 0

Qualifying

#1
ALO
#2
VET
#3
WEB
#4
HAM
#5
ROS
#6
KOV
#7
RAI
#8
BUT
#9
NAK
#10
MAS
#11
BUE
#12
TRU
#13
BAR
#14
GLO
#15
PIQ
#16
HEI
#17
FIS
#18
SUT
#19
KUB
#20
ALG

Fernando Alonso managed to get the pole position by 0.038 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:21.569. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Sebastian Vettel.

Q1

  • Nico Rosberg
    1:20.793
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:20.842
  • Mark Webber
    1:20.964
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:21.178
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:21.278
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.313
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:21.407
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:21.416
  • Felipe Massa
    1:21.420
  • Jenson Button
    1:21.471
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:21.500
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:21.558
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:21.571
  • Timo Glock
    1:21.584
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:21.659
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.738
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:21.807
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:21.868
  • Robert Kubica
    1:21.901
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:22.359

Q2

  • Mark Webber
    1:20.358
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:20.465
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:20.570
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:20.604
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:20.647
  • Jenson Button
    1:20.707
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:20.807
  • Felipe Massa
    1:20.823
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:20.826
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:20.862
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:21.002
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:21.082
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:21.222
  • Timo Glock
    1:21.242
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:21.389

Q3

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.569
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:21.607
  • Mark Webber
    1:21.741
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:21.839
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:21.890
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:22.095
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:22.468
  • Jenson Button
    1:22.511
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:22.835

Track evolution

Q1
-0.49
seconds faster
Q2
1.412
seconds slower
Q3

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.