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Formula 1
Brazilian GP
2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Race day at Interlagos
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Lap 12: Kimi Raikkonen is stuck down the field following that front wing change at the end of lap 1. He is 14th and not making any headway.
Lap 12: Kobayashi continues to frustrate Button's efforts as the pair continue to battle over sixth.
Lap 11: Mark Webber sets the fastest lap, pegging the gap at 1.8 seconds. He needs to stay in touch with the lead Brawn before running longer at the first stop.
Lap 11: Heikki Kovalainen passes Romain Grosjean for 13th position. Lewis Hamilton is further up the order in 11th and fueled heavily.
Lap 10: Behind Button's charging drive, Nakajima is eighth and has Vettel and Heidfeld tight up behind him.
Lap 10: Button again dives to the inside of Kobayashi but the Japanese is defending well on his debut.
Lap 10: Robert Kubica is closing in on Webber's Red Bull with the BMW working well in this early phase.
Lap 9: Sebastian Vettel tries to pass Kazuki Nakajima for eighth place but the Japanese holds his line and runs Seb onto the grass on the run to the Ferrardura. Contact avoided and they continue in eighth and ninth.
Lap 9: Barrichello sets the fastest lap at 1m14.454s as he stretches to 1.7s in the lead over Webber.
Lap 9: Button is already seventh and in the points after a very strong start from the world championship leader.
Lap 8: Button is already on the case of Kobayashi and is busy challenging the Toyota.
Lap 8: Webber is still second from Kubica, Rosberg, Buemi, Kobayashi and Button.
Lap 8: Romain Grosjean has had a problem following the Button pass and has lost several places. He is now 12th.
Lap 7: Barrichello sets the fastest lap as he leads by a second while behind team-mate Button surges forward.
Lap 7: Button is charging after Kazuki Nakajima and he's nailed the Williams driver at Turn 1! Button now seventh.
Lap 7: Button is now up to a sensational eighth place having taken good advantage from the chaos on the first lap.
Lap 6: Jenson Button has a great run at Romain Grosjean and it's a wonderful move by the Briton. Good attacking driving.
Lap 6: Robert Kubica challenges Rosberg into Turn 1 and the Pole is through for third.
Lap 6: Vettel did not pit after that light contact with Kovalainen at the start and his car looks to be okay so far. He is 11th.
Lap 6: The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Lap 5: The safety car will come in at the end of this lap.
Lap 5: Lewis Hamilton made a stop in that scramble and has changed onto the harder tyre for a one-stop strategy.
Lap 5: Replays of the start show that Heikki Kovalainen was tipped lightly into a spin by none other than Sebastian Vettel. Kovalainen rejoined, came into the pits and then had that fuel hose problem. He is 16th.
Lap 4: Both Trulli and Sutil then speared off the road. Fernando Alonso was also involved in the incident and is also out of the race.
Lap 4: Button is behind the heavier Grosjean but has made good progress through all those incidents.
Lap 3: Replays show that Adrian Sutil was boxed in behind a slowing Kimi Raikkonen as the Finn slowed with his damaged front wing. Trulli tried to fight round the outside of Sutil exiting Turn 5 but failed, lost control and crashed into the side of the Force India.
Lap 3: Jenson Button is up to ninth with all this chaos.
Lap 3: The mechanics take off the fuel hose and Kovalainen is able to rejoin the race.
Lap 3: Replays show Raikkonen lost his front wing in contact with Mark Webber on the run down to Turn 4.
Lap 3: Some fuel sprays out of the hose as Kovalainen travels down the pitlane. The droplets catch fire in the pitlane but eventually the problem is sorted out.
Lap 2: Barrichello leads behind the safety car from Webber, Rosberg, Kubica and Buemi.
Lap 2: Kovalainen pits at the end of lap 1 ... and leaves the box with the fuel hose still attached to the car!
Lap 2: Jarno Trulli has stormed over to Adrian Sutil and is raging with the German. We await a replay to see what happened between the pair.
Lap 2: Raikkonen pits for a replacement nose.
Lap 1: Jarno Trulli is very upset with Adrian Sutil.
Lap 1: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 1: There is lots of carngae as Raikkonen slows through the pack.
Lap 1: Heavy contact on the first lap between Adrian Sutil and Jarno Trulli but up front it is all happening.
Lap 1: Through the twisting middle part of the lap it is Barrichello from Webber and Raikkonen with a damaged front wing.
Lap 1: Barrichello gets a good start and leads from Webber into the Senna S as Raikkonen tries to muscle into contention!
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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