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F1: 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix - Qualifying Results

BMW Sauber F1 Team
2009 Brazilian Grand Prix
Qualifying Results (Team Report)
Saturday, 17 October 2009

After a wet qualifying session lasting two hours and 42 minutes the Brazilian crowd cheered local hero Rubens Barrichello for his pole position. The BMW Sauber F1 Team was left rather unhappy. Both drivers ended up below expectations in qualifying. While Robert Kubica made it into Q3 and finished eighth, Nick Heidfeld was already out in Q1, mainly because the ride height proved to be too low for the amount of water on the track... Team Report

Brazilian Grand Prix, Provisional Qualifying Results

	Driver	Team	Time (min)
1	Rubens Barrichello	Red Bull Racing	1:19.576min (S3) 1:21.659min (S2) 1:24.100min (S1)
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:19.668min (S3) 1:20.803min (S2) 1:24.722min (S1)
3	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:19.912min (S3) 1:20.753min (S2) 1:24.447min (S1)
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:20.097min (S3) 1:20.635min (S2) 1:24.621min (S1)
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.168min (S3) 1:21.378min (S2) 1:23.047min (S1)
6	Sebastian Buemi	STR	1:20.250min (S3) 1:20.701min (S2) 1:24.591min (S1)
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:20.326min (S3) 1:20.368min (S2) 1:22.828min (S1)
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber F1 Team	1:20.631min (S3) 1:21.147min (S2) 1:23.072min (S1)
9	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:20.674min(S3) 1:20.427min (S2) 1:23.161min (S1)
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:21.422min(S3) 1:21.657min (S2) 1:24.842min (S1)
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:21.960min (S2) 1:24.335min (S1)
12	Jaime Alguersuari	STR	1:22.231min (S2) 1:24.773min (S1)
13	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:22.477min (S2) 1:24.394min (S1)
14	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	1:22.504min(S2) 1:24.297min(S1)
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi*	Force India	1:24.645min(S2) 1:31.571min (S1)
16	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:25.009min(S1)
17	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	1:25.052min(S1)
18	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	1:25.192min(S1)
19	*Nick Heidfeld*	*BMW Sauber F1 Team*	*1:25.515min(S1)*
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:40.703min(S1)

Team Report