Formula 1 2009 : British Grand Prix 2009

Brawn GP has confirmed that chief designer Jorg Zander left the team last Friday with immediate effect. Having been with the ex-Honda team since the summer of 2007, Zander has played a major part in the development of this year's championship-leading BGP 001 car.

Sebastian Vettel dominated the British Grand Prix to take his first dry-weather victory while Mark Webber completed Red Bull Racing's second ever 1-2. Rubens Barrichello was third ahead of an unexpectedly strong Felipe Massa in fourth. Championship leader Jenson Button was sixth.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel continued his domination of Silverstone by taking pole position for the British Grand Prix. Rubens Barrichello was Brawn's lead runner in second, while his team-mate Jenson Button took only sixth place. Second Red Bull of Mark Webber was third.

Fernando Alonso is sure that F1 has no future after eight teams pull out at the end of season. Members of the FOTA sent out the message following a meeting on Thursday, stating that all current teams apart from Williams and Force India will leave F1 at the end of 2009. "Formula One is finished," said Alonso. "It will be a standard engine, small teams and no drivers - that is not what the Formula One people want. The new series will be the new Formula One - I hope they find a solution, but these are difficult times. It is a critical position for Formula One."

The Red Bull will introduce new upgrade package starting with free practice on Friday. They will change rear diffusor, wheel base, nose cone and engine cover. "We've got a couple of new things on the car which you will be able to see from the outside.Wwe hope they work, that's why they put them on the car," said Sebastian Vettel. "We will have to prove it on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so let's see."

Jenson Button took yet another dominant victory in Turkish Grand Prix and equalled Michael Schumacher's record of winning six of an first seven races from 2004. The Red Bull duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel finished in second and third. Jarno Trulli was fourth ahead of Rosberg, Massa, Kubica and Glock.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position in the closing seconds of qualifying at Istanbul Park. The championship leader Jenson Button was second ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello in third. Mark Webber, in the other Red Bull, will start Turkish Grand Prix from fourth position. Lewis Hamilton's miserable season as defending world champion took another turn for the worst as for the second successive race he failed to get beyond Q1.

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello secured another Brawn one-two finish in Monte-Carlo. Ferrari enjoyed by far its best race of 2009 so far, with Kimi Raikkonen taking third and Felipe Massa chasing him across the finish line in fourth.

Button 647.5, Raikkonen 644, Barrichello 648, Vettel 631.5, Massa 643.5, Rosberg 642, Kovalainen 644, Webber 646.5, Alonso 654, Nakajima 668, Buemi 670, Piquet 673.1, Fisichella 693, Bourdais 699.5, Sutil 670, Hamilton 645.5, Heidfeld 680, Kubica 696, Trulli 688.3, Glock 700.8

Jenson Button has claimed his 4th pole position of the season at Monaco GP. Team mate Rubens Barrichello, celebrating his 37th birthday, snatched third while Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari makes a welcome return to the front row of the grid in a radically improved car. Lewis Hamilton, both BMW and both Toyota cars were knocked out of the session in Q1 and start at the back of the grid.

Jenson Button has won Spanish Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello. Mark Webber finished third. Fourth went to Sebastien Vettel, who spent most of the afternoon chasing Felipe Massa's Ferrari, before the Brazilian dropped to sixth behind Fernando Alonso after almost running out of fuel at the end.

Button 646, Vettel 651.5, Barrichello 649.5, Massa 655, Webber 651.5, Glock 646.5, Trulli 655.5, Alonso 645, Rosberg 668, Kubica 660, Nakajima 676.6, Piquet 677.4, Heidfeld 676.3, Hamilton 683, Buemi 678, Raikkonen 673, Bourdais 669, Kovalainen 657, Sutil 675, Fisichella 656