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Driver of the day ?

Jenson Button
3
19%
Nick Heidfeld
1
6%
Timo Glock
5
31%
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Mark Webber
4
25%
Lewis Hamilton
2
13%
Nico Rosberg
1
6%
 
Total votes: 16
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:57 pm

Jenson Button starts from Pole for the second race in a row. Jarno Trulli starts in second with team-mate Timo Glock in 3rd and Nico Rosberg in 4th

Mark Webber starts in 5th with Robert Kubica alongside him. Kimi Raikkonen is in 7th with Rubens Barrichello alongside him while Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld make the top 10.
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:58 pm

Dark clouds near the circuit look very threatening

Formation lap in 2 minutes
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:00 pm

Heidfeld is heaviest of the top 10, Alonso is second heaviest.

Rosberg and Webber are the lightest of the top 10.
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:00 pm

Formation lap underway
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:01 pm

Kubica is complaining of a strange noise of the engine!
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:02 pm

Jenson Button arrives at the starting grid
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:03 pm

Most of the cars are on the soft compound

Lights
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:04 pm

Button and Trulli have poor starts

Rosberg leads!
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:04 pm

Button and Trulli have poor starts

Rosberg leads!
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:05 pm

Trulli remains in second. Alonso jumps to 3rd! Button is right behind him
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:06 pm

Button takes 3rd from Alonso

Kovalainen off and out of the race

Kubica last and seems to be in trouble
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:08 pm

Replay of the start shows a very slow getaway for Kubica.

He is retiring!

Buemi pits early for a front wing
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:09 pm

Alonso who is heavier is holding up a few cars behind
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:09 pm

Great racing between Alonso and Barrichello.

Barrichello finally gets through
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:11 pm

Top 10 after 4 laps: Rosberg, Trulli, Button, Barrichello, Alonso, Raikkonen, Webber, Glock, Heidfeld and Vettel
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