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Barrichello wins Italian GP
13 September 2009
Brawn driver Rubens Barrichello made the most of a one-stop fuel strategy to edge out team-mate Jenson Button in the Italian Grand Prix.
The Brawn duo trailed Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) and Adrian Sutil (Force India) in the initial stages - but all three of the leading trio were on two-stop fuel strategies and fell back as the stops played out.
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There was added drama in the closing stages as Button, running second, was forced to fend off the attacking Hamilton.
The McLaren driver had got to within a second of Button heading in to the final laps, but never got a chance to try and pass as he crashed out midway round the lap, bringing out the safety car.
Title-challenging Red Bull has a miserable race: Mark Webber crashed out on lap one, while team-mate Sebastian Vettel scored just one point, in eighth.
Result:
1. Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) 1h16:21.706
2. Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +2.866
3. Raikkonen (Ferrari) +30.664
4. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +31.131
5. Alonso (Renault) +59.182
6. Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) +1:00.693
7. Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +1:22.412
8. Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) +1:25.427
9. Fisichella(Ferrari) +1:26.856
10. Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +2:00.000
11. Glock (Toyota) +2:43.925
12. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +1 lap
13. Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) +1 lap
14. Trulli (Toyota) +1 lap
15. Grosjean (Renault) +1 lap
16. Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +2 laps
Drivers points:
1. Button 80
2. Barrichello 66
3. Vettel 54
4. Webber 51.5
5. Raikkonen 40
6. Rosberg 30.5
7. Hamilton 27
8. Trulli 22.5
9. Massa 22
10. Alonso 20
11. Kovalainen 20
12. Glock 16
13. Heidfeld 12
14. Kubica 8
15. Fisichella 8
16. Sutil 5
17. Buemi 3
18. Bourdais 2
Constructors points:
1. Brawn-Mercedes 146
2. Red Bull-Renault 105.5
3. Ferrari 62
4. McLaren-Mercedes 47
5. Toyota 38.5
6. Williams-Toyota 30.5
7. BMW Sauber 20
8. Renault 20
9. Force India-Mercedes 13
10. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5
All timing unofficial
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