Sebastien Buemi hits the rear of Timo Glock's Toyota The streets of Valencia may not quite be a match for Monte-Carlo, but there was definitely a splash more colour about the place this year.
Here’s a look back at the race in pictures, including Sebastien Buemi aand Timo Glock’s coming-together, Sebastian Vettel’s retirement – and a very happy Rubens Barrichello.
Luca Badoer, Rob Smedley, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Luca Badoer, Stefano Domenicali, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Valencia, start, 2009 Valencia, start, 2009 Timo Glock, Sebastien Buemi, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Raikkonen, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Raikkonen, Valencia, 2009 Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Mark Webber, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Valencia, 2009 Mark Webber, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Valencia, 2009 Mark Webber, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Adrian Sutil, Force India, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Robert Kubica, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Robert Kubica, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Nick Heidfeld, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Valencia, 2009 Franz Tost, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Mark Webber, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Mark Webber, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Robert Kubica, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Heikki Kovalainen, Rubens Barrichello, Valencia, 2009 Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Luca Badoer, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Valencia, 2009 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Nick Heidfeld, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Romain Grosjean, Renault, Valencia, 2009 Adrian Sutil, Force India, Valencia, 2009 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Giancarlo Fisichella, Jenson Button, Valencia, 2009 Nick Heidfeld, BMW, Valencia, 2009 Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Jenson Button, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Luca Badoer, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Nico Rosberg, Williams, Valencia, 2009 Jenson Button, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Luca Badoer, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Fernando Alonso, Renault, Valencia, 2009 Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, Rubens Barrichello, Valencia, 2009 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Valencia, 2009 Rubens Barrichello, Brawn, Valencia, 2009 More pictures
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Ned Flanders
23rd August 2009, 20:54
Well, no matter what everybody says about Valencia, at least it’s nice and colourful, and it makes for some decent pictures
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
23rd August 2009, 21:17
It’s got a bit going for it around the track – the pit building, the bridge, the harbour, even those cranes look kind of cool.
But up close the track still looks pretty drab. There’s some annoying low camera positions that make it hard to tell what’s going on. And it’s rather too long a lap as well.
Spud
23rd August 2009, 22:07
Now that you say it, it kinda hard to tell which corner is which sometimes isn’t it?
I like those few sweeping corners at the end of the lap though.
Spud
23rd August 2009, 21:18
It does actually! :D
mp4-19b
24th August 2009, 6:47
why can’t they replace this track with jarama? i think jarama is the best spanish circuit.
F2008
24th August 2009, 11:17
kimi certainly looked much handsome with that long and messy hair on the podium