Toyota leaves Formula One

Toyota has become the third major car manufacturer to pull out of Formula One in the space of twelve months. With word of the exit having circulated already, confirmation of the Japanese marque’s decision came on Wednesday; the news does, however, mean that there is now space on the grid for the Qadbak-owned Sauber outfit.
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Qualification Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of 2009

Comments on the Qualification
I really enjoyed this qualification. What an action and what a great circuit Yas Marina Circuit is!
Giancarlo Fisichello is very disappointing in his Ferrari, while Kimi Raikkonen did the best he could and got 11th. It’s a pitty for Force India with both cars on 17th and 18th. McLaren Mercedes shows they [...]

Results Brazilian Grand Prix of 2009

The Results of the race driven on Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil.

Pos.
Driver
Team
Time

1
M. Webber
Red Bull
1:32:23.081

2
R. Kubica
BMW
+ 7.626

3
L. Hamilton
McLaren
+ 18.944

4
S. Vettel
Red Bull
+ 19.652

5
J. Button
Brawn GP
+ 29.005

6
K. Räikkönen
Ferrari
+ 33.340

7
S. Buemi
Scuderia Toro Rosso
+ 35.991

8
R. Barrichello
Brawn GP
+ 45.454

9
K. Kobayashi
Toyota
+ 1:03.321

10
G. Fisichella
Ferrari
+ 1:10.665

11
V. Liuzzi
Force India F1
+ 1:11.388

12
H. Kovalainen
McLaren
+ 1:13.499

13
R. Grosjean
Renault
+ 1 lap(s)

14
J. Alguersuari
Scuderia Toro Rosso
+ 1 lap(s)

Did not finish

15
K. [...]

Results Japanese Grand Prix of 2009

The Results of the race driven on Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

Pos.
Driver
Team
Time

1
S. Vettel
Red Bull
1:28:20.443

2
J. Trulli
Toyota
+ 4.877

3
L. Hamilton
McLaren
+ 6.472

4
K. Räikkönen
Ferrari
+ 7.940

5
N. Rosberg
Williams
+ 8.793

6
N. Heidfeld
BMW
+ 9.509

7
R. Barrichello
Brawn GP
+ 10.641

8
J. Button
Brawn GP
+ 11.474

9
R. Kubica
BMW
+ 11.777

10
F. Alonso
Renault
+ 13.065

11
H. Kovalainen
McLaren
+ 13.735

12
G. Fisichella
Ferrari
+ 14.596

13
A. Sutil
Force India F1
+ 14.959

14
V. Liuzzi
Force India F1
+ 15.734

15
K. Nakajima
Williams
+ 18.973

16
R. Grosjean
Renault
+ 1 lap(s)

17
M. Webber
Red Bull
+ [...]

Qualification Japanese Grand Prix of 2009

Comments on the Qualification
I haven’t seen the qualification, but for what I can see out of the results it must have been a very special tense qualification. I read there were three red flags … How difficult to set a time in such situations! But Sebastian Vettel did it, he put his RB5 on pole! [...]