F1 2009 Super Season Spread - Post Malaysia

Starting from post Malaysia, I will be assessing the current grid and just how close or how spread out all 20 drivers are in relation to each other, on average. By taking an average of the fastest lap times of each driver over both race weekends so far, I was able to see who are the front runners, who are the midfield battlers and who seems to be struggling at the back. Think of it as a super qualfying session expanding over the entire season. So without further ado, here is the grid as it stands after Malaysia:

1. Button - 1'29.320 +0.000
2. Barrichello - 1'29.585 +0.266
3. Trulli - 1'29.628 +0.308
4. Vettel - 1'29.699 +0.379
5. Webber - 1'29.732 +0.412
6. Glock - 1'29.770 +0.450
7. Rosberg - 1'29.790 +0.470
8. Kubica - 1'29.857 +0.537
9. Raikkonen - 1'29.918 +0.599
10. Heidfeld - 1'30.137 +0.817
11. Alonso - 1'30.156 +0.836
12. Nakajima - 1'30.198 +0.878
13. Kovalainen - 1'30.375 +1.055
14. Massa - 1'30.481 +1.161
15. Hamilton - 1'30.680 +1.360
16. Piquet - 1'31.153 +1.833
17. Bourdais - 1'31.198 +1.878
18. Fisichella - 1'31.293 +1.973
19. Buemi - 1'31.305 +1.986
20. Sutil - 1'31.347 +2.027

Brawn are clearly the fastest of the field with Button top of the pack, Rubens backing him up. Behind it's a scrap for best of the rest of the frontrunners with both Toyotas, Red Bulls, Rosberg, Kubica and Raikkonen covered by around 3 tenths. Next, it's another half a second covering 10th to 15th with Heidfeld seemingly heading the "midfield" despite his second place in Malaysia. Both McLarens and Massa are somewhat of a surprise in here but it's no secret both the MP4-24 and F60 aren't up to scratch yet. The backmarkers are the 5 drivers who have filled the bottom of Q1 on both race weekends with Piquet, Toro Rosso and Force India claiming the rear of the grid as their own for now.

That's all from the Super Season Grid for now, but look out for the next one after the Chinese GP. Take care now!