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2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
Race 4 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	April 26, 2009
Official name	VI Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.412 km (3.37 miles)
Distance	57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Jarno Trulli	Toyota

The 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race scheduled to be held on April 26, 2009, at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. It will be the fourth race of the 2009 Formula One season.

Background

Going into the round, Brawn GP driver Jenson Button led the Drivers' Championship by 6 points from team-mate Rubens Barrichello. Barrichello led Sebastien Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Timo Glock of Toyota F1 by 5 points in second.

Brawn GP led Chinese GP winners Red Bull Racing by 16½ points in the Constructors' Championship. Toyota were a further point back and the only other team to hit double figures.

Ferrari are yet to score a point, and failure to do so in Bahrain would be Ferrari's worst start to a season ever in Formula One. Their previous worst start also came when they were Constructors' Champions, but was resolved by the fourth race when Jody Scheckter finished fifth in the 1980 Long Beach Grand Prix.

Force India introduced a revised floor and diffuser in Bahrain for the Force India VJM02, as well as an upgraded front wing and reprofiled sidepods. Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella welcomed the upgrades, hoping the car's current lack of downforce will be addressed by the new modifications.

Event report

Practice and qualifying

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Three practice sessions were held before the race; of which two were held on Friday April 24, 2009, with the first in the morning and the second in the afternoon. Both sessions lasted 90 minutes with weather conditions hot and dry throughout. The third session was held on Saturday morning. At the end of the first practice session, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of 1:33.647 in his McLaren car, ahead of the two BMW Sauber cars of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica. Williams' Nico Rosberg continued his quick practice form with the fourth fastest time, followed by the Brawn of Jenson Button, the McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen, Brawn’s Rubens Barrichello, and Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Red Bull’s Mark Webber and the other Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen shared the ninth fastest time, completing the top ten. Rosberg was fastest in Friday's second practice session, topping the timesheets with a time of 1:33.339, followed by Fernando Alonso in the Renault and Jarno Trulli in the Toyota. The Red Bull's of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were fourth and fifth, with Button close behind. Adrian Sutil of Force India put in an impressive laptime to finish seventh in the standings, with Toyota's Timo Glock, Brawn's Rubens Barrichello, and Williams' Kazuki Nakajima rounding out the top 10. The BMW's of Heidfeld and Kubica could not repeat their times from the first session, and were classified in seventeenth and twentieth, respectively.

In third practice, Glock managed the fastest time with a 1:32.605 before his car rolled to a halt, and there were improved times from Ferrari and McLaren. Felipe Massa managed the second fastest time, with Raikkonen in fifth. Rosberg was third fastest, and Hamilton posted the fourth fastest time. Piquet, Kubica, Nakajima, Trulli and Heidfeld made up the top ten.

Race

References

1. "Bahrain Grand Prix Preview". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
2. "FIA Formula One drivers' world championship Standings 19 April 2009". BBC Sport. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
3. "Ferrari predict end to poor form". BBC Sport. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
4. "New floor and diffuser for Force India in Bahrain". Formula 1.com (Formula One Administration Ltd). 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
5. "Bahrain GP practice results". BBC Sport. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
6. "Bahrain GP practice results". BBC Sport. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
7. "Bahrain GP practice results". BBC Sport. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

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