It is often said that the only way you can really judge a driver is against their team mate.
Here then is the head to head comparison for points scored, qualifying, race and fastest lap.
The detailed standings can be found here: F1 2009 Standings
Season Notes
Drivers
Here then is the head to head comparison for points scored, qualifying, race and fastest lap.
The detailed standings can be found here: F1 2009 Standings
Season Notes
Drivers
- Sébastien Bourdais was replaced by Jaime Alguersuari at Toro Rosso after Germany
- Felipe Massa was substituted by Luca Badoer at Ferrari for Europe and Belgium
- Nelsinho Piquet was replaced by Romain Grosjean at Renault after Hungary
- Felipe Massa was substituted by Giancarlo Fisichella at Ferrari after Belgium
- Giancarlo Fisichella was replaced by Vitantonio Liuzzi at Force India after Belgium
- Timo Glock was substituted by Kamui Kobayashi at Toyota after Japan
- Australia
Lewis Hamilton did not participate in Q2 and was demoted from 13th to 18th due to a gearbox change
Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli qualified 6th and 8th but had their times excluded and were demoted to 19th and 20th due to illegally flexing rear wings - Malaysia
Sebastian Vettel was demoted from 3rd to 13th for causing an accident in Australia
Rubens Barrichello was demoted from 4th to 8th due to a gearbox change - China
Timo Glock was demoted from 14th to 19th due to a gearbox change - Bahrain
Adrian Sutil was demoted from 16th to 19th for blocking Mark Webber - Monaco
Lewis Hamilton was demoted from 16th to 20th due to a gearbox change - Great Britain
Lewis Hamilton was unable to complete his last flying lap in Q1 due to the session being red flagged - Germany
Timo Glock was demoted from 19th to 20th for impeding Fernando Alonso - Hungary
Felipe Massa did not participate in Q3 after being struck on the helmet by a spring from the rear suspension of Rubens Barrichello's car - Italy
Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica both suffered from engine failures in Q2
Jaime Alguersuari was demoted 5 grid places due to a gearbox change - Singapore
Rubens Barrichello was demoted from 5th to 9th due to a gearbox change
Several drivers were unable to complete their last flying laps in Q3 due to the session being red flagged
Nick Heidfeld qualified 8th but had his time excluded for having an underweight car. He subsequently changed the engine and gearbox and started from the pit lane - Japan
Mark Webber did not participate after crashing and damaging his car in P3. He started from the pit lane in a new chassis
Jaime Alguersuari and Timo Glock did not set times in Q2 due to crashing and damaging their cars
Sébastien Buemi did not set a time in Q3 due to crashing and damaging his car at the end of Q2. He was demoted from 10th to 13th and reprimanded for impeding other drivers and continuing to drive a damaged car
Heikki Kovalainen did not set a time in Q3 due to crashing and damaging his car. He subsequently changed the gearbox and was demoted from 9th to 11th
Adrian Sutil was demoted from 4th to 8th for setting a fastest sector time under yellow flags
Rubens Barrichello was demoted from 5th to 6th for setting a fastest sector time under yellow flags
Jenson Button was demoted from 7th to 10th for setting a fastest sector time under yellow flags
Fernando Alsonso was demoted from 12th to 16th for setting a fastest sector time under yellow flags
Vitantonio Liuzzi was demoted 5 grid places due to a gearbox change - Brazil
Vitantonio Liuzzi was demoted from 15th to 20th due to a gearbox change - Abu Dhabi
Heikki Kovalainen suffered from a transmission problem in Q2 and was unable to continue. He subsequently changed the gearbox and was demoted from 13th to 18th
- Australia
Lewis Hamilton finished 4th, was promoted to 3rd after Jarno Trulli was penalised for passing under the safety car, but was ultimately disqualified after stewards decided he and McLaren had provided 'misleading' evidence relating to the incident - Hungary
Felipe Massa did not participate due to the injuries he sustained during qualifying - Japan
Timo Glock did not participate due to the injuries he sustained during qualifying - Brazil
Heikki Kovalainen finished 9th but was given a 25 second time penalty for an unsafe pit release which dropped him to 12th