Suzuka, 4 October 2009 - Kimi Raikkonen gained the fourth place in the Japanese Grand Prix earning five precious points, enabling the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to keep the third place in the Constructors’ Championship standings. His teammate Giancarlo Fisichella ended the race on 12th, gaining two positions from the start, while the fight for the two World Titles is still completely open.
The race was dominated by Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull, winning the race ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and Lewis Hamilton with McLaren.
The two single-seaters from Ferrari with Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella started from the fifth and 14th position on the grid respectively due to penalties against several other drivers, which caused a shake-up of the starting order after yesterday’s difficult qualifying, interrupted by four accidents.
Exciting moments during the race involved the Toro Rosso with Jaime Alguersuari, who drove his car in lap 45 directly into the barriers, completely destroying the car while he luckily remained unharmed. When the Safety Car came out there were still five laps to go and the positions were frozen at that point. An exciting moment also for Ferrari when Giancarlo Fisichella who’s car was touched and then overtaken by Heikki Kovalainen immediately after the second pitstop in lap 40 at the exit of the pit lane.
This seasons 16th F1 race will be held in two weeks in Brazil on the Interlagos circuit.
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