This Is Where The Randomicity Really Begins

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The first season of Formula One's Randomicity randomness began in the 2009 season. With Lewis Hamilton as the defending champion, surely nothing would go wrong for the Englishman. But wait until the season began...

Teams and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team # Driver
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png McLaren-Mercedes
0 Flag of Colombia.svg.png Juan Pablo Montoya
1 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Lewis Hamilton
2 Flag of Finland.svg.png Heikki Kovalainen
Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari
3 Flag of Brazil svg.png Felipe Massa
4 Flag of Finland.svg.png Kimi Raikkonen
Flag of Germany svg.png BMW Sauber
5 Flag of Poland svg.png Robert Kubica
6 Flag of Germany svg.png Nick Heidfeld
Flag of France svg.png Renault
7 Flag of Spain svg.png Fernando Alonso
8 Flag of Brazil svg.png Nelson Piquet Jr.
Flag of Japan svg.png Toyota
9 Flag of Italy svg.png Jarno Trulli
10 Flag of Germany svg.png Timo Glock
Flag of Italy svg.png Toro Rosso-Ferrari
11 Flag of France svg.png Sebastien Bourdais
12 Flag of Switzerland svg.png Sebastien Buemi
Flag of Austria svg.png Red Bull-Renault
14 Flag of Australia svg.png Mark Webber
15 Flag of Germany svg.png Sebastien Vettel
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Williams-Toyota
16 Flag of Germany svg.png Nico Rosberg
17 Flag of Japan svg.png Kazuki Nakajima
Flag of India svg.png Force India-Mercedes
20 Flag of Germany svg.png Adrian Sutil
21 Flag of Italy svg.png Giancarlo Fisichella
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Brawn-Mercedes
22 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Jenson Button
23 Flag of Brazil svg.png Rubens Barrichello

Australia[edit | edit source]

Lewis Hamilton's title-defending season got off to a sour start as the Briton was sent to the back of the grid for an altercation with Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi, in which Hamilton punched the Swiss in the face.

This allowed Brawn GP's Jenson Button to take pole ahead of his team-mate Rubens Barrichello. Come race day and Button was sweeping the board. He was leading every lap and had set the fastest lap on his way to victory and the World Championship lead. Barrichello took second while third went to Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull. Hamilton was disqualified for subsequently running Buemi off the track during a safety car period. and given a five-race ban, therefore almost certainly ending his title hopes before they even began. This started a long rivalry between the two drivers. The stewards also disqualifed the other McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen to add to Ron Dennis' misery.

Ross Brawn was so pleased at getting a 1-2 on Brawn GP's debut that he got drunk on whiskey and began going crazy. He ended up nearly getting hit by Buemi as he drove into parc ferme. Hamilton was replaced by NASCAR driver and Formula One returnee Juan Pablo Montoya for the next five races.

Results[edit | edit source]

Pos Driver Team
1 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
2 Flag of Brazil svg.png Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
3 Flag of Germany svg.png Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
4 Flag of Finland.svg.png Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
5 Flag of Italy svg.png Jarno Trulli Toyota
6 Flag of France svg.png Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari
7 Flag of Poland svg.png Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
8 Flag of Germany svg.png Timo Glock Toyota

Malaysia[edit | edit source]

Due to Lewis Hamilton's suspension, the number 1 was not assigned to any driver - his replacement Juan Pablo Montoya drove with zero.

Montoya was determined to fare well now that he was back in Formula One after three seasons in NASCAR. But Jenson Button, now leading the championship after his surprise win in Australia on Brawn GP's debut, took his second straight pole, beating Montoya by three second.

Come race day, and the weather began to turn nasty. It rained heavily, covering the circuit in almost 2 feet of water. Because of this, the race day was ultimately cancelled for four hours until the sun shone on the circuit again.