Formula One (F-1)

The 2009 Formula One season is the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. As it stands, there are a total of nine teams signed up to compete in the championship through an agreement with Formula One Management (Super Aguri pulled out during 2008 season and Honda quit at the end of the 2008 season)

There is also still a chance that Prodrive could debut in the 2009 season but this a very remote possibility becoz of the different qualification norms.

Drivers/Constructor for Season 2009

Constructor	Engine	Race Drivers	Test Driver(s)
McLaren	Mercedes FO 108W	Lewis Hamilton (UK)	Pedro de la Rosa (Spain)
		Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)	Gary Paffett (UK)
Ferrari	Ferrari 056	Kimi Räikkönen (Finland)	Luca Badoer (Itlay)
		Felipe Massa (Brazil)	Marc Gené (Spain)
BMW Sauber	BMW	Robert Kubica (Poland)	Christian Klien (Austria)
		Nick Heidfeld (Germany)
Renault	Renault	Fernando Alonso (Spain)	R Grosjean
		Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brazil)
Toyota	Toyota RVX-09	Jarno Trulli (Itlay)	Kamui Kobayashi (Japan)
		Timo Glock (Germany)
Toro Rosso	Ferrari 056	Sébastien Buemi (Switzerland)
		TBA
Red Bull	Renault	Mark Webber (Australia)	David Coulthard (UK)
		Sebastian Vettel (Germany)
Williams	Toyota RVX-09	Nico Rosberg (Germany)	Nicolas Hülkenberg (Germany)
		Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)
Brawn GP	Mercedes-Benz FO108W	Jenson Button (British)
		Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian)
Force India	Mercedes FO 108W	Adrian Sutil (Germany)	Vitantonio Liuzzi (Itlay)
		Giancarlo Fisichella (Itlay)

HONDA announced their withdrawal from Formula One on 5 December 2008. The Honda Racing team has not withdrawn its entry from the 2009 Formula One World Championship. The team is currently up for sale.

2009 Race Schedule (Proposed)

Race	Grand Prix	Circuit	City	Date	Local Time
1	Australian GP	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	29-Mar	17:00
2	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit	Kuala Lumpur	05-Apr	17:00
3	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai	19-Apr	15:00
4	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit	Sakhir, Manama	26-Apr	14:30
5	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya	Barcelona	10-May	14:00
6	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco	Monte Carlo	24-May	14:00
7	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	Istanbul	07-Jun	15:00
8	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone	21-Jun	13:00
9	German GP	Nürburgring	Nürburg	12-Jul	14:00
10	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	Budapest	26-Jul	14:00
11	European GP	Valencia Street Circuit	Valencia	23-Aug	14:00
12	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa	30-Aug	14:00
13	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza	13-Sep	14:00
14	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit (NIGHT)	Singapore	27-Sep	20:00
15	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka	04-Oct	15:00
16	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	São Paulo	18-Oct	14:00
17	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit (NEW CIRCUIT)	Abu Dhabi	01-Nov	14:00

The calendar was first published by the FIA without a race in Canada but on 5 November 2008 they published a revised calendar, from which the French Grand Prix had been removed and Chinese Grand Prix had been moved to April.

2008 FIA Formula One World Championship Results

Grand Prix	Date	Winning Driver		Team	Laps	Time
Australia	16/03/2008	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes	58	1:34:50.616
Malaysia	23/03/2008	Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari	56	1:31:18.555
Bahrain	06/04/2008	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	57	1:31:06.970
Spain	27/04/2008	Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari	66	1:38:19.051
Turkey	11/05/2008	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	58	1:26:49.451
Monaco	25/05/2008	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes	76	2:00:42.742
Canada	08/06/2008	Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber	70	1:36:24.447
France	22/06/2008	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	70	1:31:50.245
Great Britain	06/07/2008	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes	60	1:39:09.440
Germany	20/07/2008	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes	67	1:31:20.874
Hungary	03/08/2008	Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes	70	1:37:27.067
Europe	24/08/2008	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	57	1:35:32.339
Belgium	07/09/2008	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	44	1:22:59.394
Italy	14/09/2008	Sebastian Vettel		STR-Ferrari	53	1:26:47.494
Singapore	28/09/2008	Fernando Alonso		Renault	61	1:57:16.304
Japan	12/10/2008	Fernando Alonso		Renault	67	1:30:21.892
China	19/10/2008	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes	56	1:31:57.403
Brazil	02/11/2008	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	71	1:34:11.435