2009 Hungarian Grand Prix

2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 10 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1]
Date 26 July 2009
Official name Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydíj 2009
Location Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[2]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 306.630 km (190.531 miles)
Weather Sunny
25 °C (77 °F)[3]
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 1:21.569
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:21.931 on lap 65
Podium
First
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Ferrari
Third
Red Bull-Renault
Lap leaders

The 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 ING Magyar Nagydíj 2009)[4] was a Formula One motor race held on 26 July 2009 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, 18 km (11 mi) north of Budapest, Hungary.[1] It was the tenth race of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 70-lap race was won by 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton for McLaren-Mercedes, after starting from fourth place on the grid. The 2007 world champion Kimi Räikkönen finished second for Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber finishing third.[5] Championship leader Jenson Button had a poor race to finish seventh, allowing Webber to reduce the points gap in the championship.

Hamilton's win was his first since the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix, which was also the last time he had appeared on the podium. The result also marked the first time that a car equipped with a regenerative brake system (KERS) had won a race. Räikkönen's second place was Ferrari's best result of the season so far, but his teammate Felipe Massa suffered a serious accident during the second part of the Saturday afternoon qualifying session which left him with a fractured skull. The race also saw the debut of World Series by Renault racer and 2008 British Formula Three champion Jaime Alguersuari, who became the youngest Formula One driver in the championship's 59-year history, at the age of 19 years and 125 days, and the first to be born in the 1990s. However, Alguersuari's record has been broken since Max Verstappen debuted in 2015. He replaced the fired Sébastien Bourdais at Scuderia Toro Rosso.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Hungarian Grand Prix Preview". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. ^ "2009 Hungarian Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. ^ "History for Budapest Ferihegy, Hungary". wunderground.com. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Hungarian". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ Benson, Andrew (26 July 2009). "Hamilton grabs first win of 2009". BBC Sport. BBC. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  6. ^ Cary, Tom (20 July 2009). "Jaime Alguersuari set to become youngest ever Formula One driver". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2009.