F1 Toyotas Chinese Grand Prix - Preview

Panasonic Toyota Racing continues the 2009 Formula 1 season with
another trip eastwards, this time to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand
Prix, which comes much earlier in the season than its usual autumn
spot. Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli finished third and fourth
respectively in the Malaysian Grand Prix last time out, reversing
the result in Australia and taking the team's Formula 1 podium tally
to 10. After the race the team briefly returned home to its
technical centre in Cologne, Germany before making the trip to China,
although the cars and equipment went directly from Sepang to
Shanghai. Last year Timo Glock finished seventh in China to score
more points in his debut season while Jarno Trulli was eliminated in
an early accident. Toyota has finished on the podium before in China,
in 2005 with Ralf Schumacher, and that will be the target again this
weekend.



Drivers Championship
1 Jenson Button Brawn GP Formula One Team 15
2 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP Formula One Team 10
3 Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing 8.5
4 Timo Glock Panasonic Toyota Racing 8
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1 Team 4
6 Fernando Alonso ING Renault F1 Team 4
7 Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams 3.5
8 Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 2
9 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1.5
10 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1
11 Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1
12 Adrian Sutil Force India F1 Team 0
13 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 0
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India F1 Team 0
15 Kazuki Nakajima AT&T Williams 0
16 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 0
17 Nelsinho Piquet ING Renault F1 Team 0
18 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 0
19 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1 Team 0
20 Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 0

Constructors Championship
1 Brawn GP Formula One Team 25
2 Panasonic Toyota Racing 16.5
3 BMW Sauber F1 Team 4
4 ING Renault F1 Team 4
5 AT&T Williams 3.5
6 Scuderia Toro Rosso 3
7 Red Bull Racing 1.5
8 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1
9 Force India F1 Team 0
10 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 0


---- Race Schedule (All Local Time)-----------------------------------
FORMULA 1 Round 3 Grand Prix of China
17th April Friday 10:00-11:30 Practice Session 1
14:00-15:30 Practice Session 2
18th April Saturday 11:00-12:00 Practice Session 3
14:00- Qualifying
19th April Sunday 15:00- Race