Race 16 - Brazil - Red bull take the battle but Brawn win the war!

Red Bull's Mark Webber drove a perfect race to win Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, but fifth place for Jenson Button was enough to give the British driver the 2009 drivers' title, with Brawn also securing the constructors' crown.

Some aggresive early driving put Button in the hunt for points, and when a late puncture dropped Barrichello down the order, the outcome was all but settled.

1.Mark Webber
2.Rober Kubica
3.Lewis Hamilton
4.Sebastian Vettel
5.Jenson Button
6.Kimi Raikonnen
7.Sebastian Buemi
8.Rubens Barrichello

FIA Formula 1 World Champion : Jenson Button
FIA Formula 1 Constructors Champion : Ross Brawn and BrawnGP

Jenson Button finally secured the Drivers' Championship title in Sunday's Brazilian GP while Mark Webber claimed the victory in what can only be billed as the 'Race of the Year'.

Despite the much-anticipated rain that was forecast failing to materialise, Sunday's Interlagos race had more action, more overtaking and more exciting than the 15 races that came before it. Thank goodness.

Lap One alone saw three incidents, the second resulting in three retirements and one stewards investigation of Jarno Trulli and Adrian Sutil, and the third resulting in one Kimi Raikkonen on first, one Heikki Kovalainen being investigated and a few McLaren mechanics with bruises as the Finn had driven off with his fuel hose still attached, laying down fuel for Raikkonen's blistering hot Ferrari to drive through.

After that it was overtaking move after overtaking move from Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel as the two fought their way from their lowly grid slots into the points, Button keen to wrap up the title and Vettel desperate to stay in the Championship fight.

However, it was Button who had the measure of his rivals, edging his way closer and closer to the necessary points. He was also helped by Rubens Barrichello's Brazilian misfortunes striking yet again as he dropped down the order and was hit by a puncture on Lap 64. That pretty much sealed his and Button's fate.

And it was 'all hail the new World Champion!'

Meanwhile, in the race it was Webber who dominated after getting the leap on Barrichello, from there charging to a superb victory ahead of Robert Kubica and the highly impressive Lewis Hamilton, who recovered from his P16 grid slot.

Sebastian Vettel was fourth ahead of Button and Kimi Raikkonen.

Full report to follow...

Results
01 M. Webber Red Bull 1:32:23.081
02 R. Kubica BMW + 7.626
03 L. Hamilton McLaren + 18.944
04 S. Vettel Red Bull + 19.652
05 J. Button Brawn GP + 29.005
06 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 33.340
07 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 35.991
08 R. Barrichello Brawn GP + 45.454
09 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 48.499
10 K. Kobayashi Toyota + 1:03.321
11 G. Fisichella Ferrari + 1:10.600
12 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 + 1:11.300
13 R. Grosjean Renault + 1 lap(s)
14 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1 lap(s)
Did not finish
15 K. Nakajima Williams + 41 lap(s)
16 N. Rosberg Williams + 44 lap(s)
17 N. Heidfeld BMW + 50 lap(s)
18 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 71 lap(s)
19 J. Trulli Toyota + 71 lap(s)
20 F. Alonso Renault + 71 lap(s)

Source: Brazilian GP: Brilliant Button Beats Barrichello To Title - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

Originally Posted by Kimi Raikonnen

“What happened on the first lap ruined my race. First I was hit at the first corner, then when trying to pass Webber, I was hit and lost the front wing. At the pit stop, I ended up with some drops of petrol in my eye, from the fuel line stuck on Kovalainen’s car and then I was engulfed in flames and blinded: I was going to stop, but luckily the flames soon went out. Even now, my eyes are still burning, but I’m alright. After the restart, I could only try and use the strategy to move up the order and at least I brought home a few points. I am disappointed because today I’m sure we could have made it to the podium. There is one race to go: let’s see what we can do in Abu Dhabi to get back that third place.”

Originally Posted by Kobayashi

"It was a tough race for me. As this was my Grand Prix debut I experienced a lot of things for the first time in Formula One so it was a learning experience. Physically it felt like a really long race and it was quite tough. My first target was to finish the race and I am pleased to achieve that, but after the start I was in a decent position to score points so I am a little disappointed I didn't. The car felt good in the first stint but when I changed tyres the balance felt a different and I was struggling a bit; probably this was just down to experience. It was my first race so there are several areas to improve but overall I am happy with how I have performed this weekend and I would like to thank the team for all its support."

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+1 Raikonnen had it tough this race.. i thought he was gonna get torched..lol

Btw safins MIA...