The 2009 Hamilton 400 was the second race meeting of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 17–19 April around the inner city streets of Hamilton, in New Zealand. The 2009 Hamilton 400 was the second running of the event.

New Zealand 2009 Hamilton 400
Event Information
Round 2 of 14 in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date17–19 March 2009
LocationHamilton, New Zealand
VenueHamilton Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 59 laps 200 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
1:23.8053
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:27:20.3645
Race 2
Distance 59 laps 200 km
Pole position Steven Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
1:24.1606
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:27:34.7215

Rule change

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The qualifying procedure was changed with a qualifying session to be held for each of the two races, instead of one session for both races.

Race 3

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Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday 18 April, and was split into two sessions and followed with a top ten shootout.[1] Jamie Whincup was fastest in qualifying for Team Vodafone but Mark Winterbottom secured his ninth pole position by just seven 10,000ths of a second. Steven Johnson and Michael Caruso produced unexpectedly good lap to qualify on the second row, particular for Caruso to be the top Holden on the grid.[2]

Race

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Jason Bright changed his engine after qualifying and stalled on dummy grid. Fiore and D'Alberto started from the pitlane. Caruso was slow away from the second row as Winterbottom stormed away from Whincup, Johnson, Tander, Holdsworth, Lowndes and Courtney. Whincup dived into the lead at turn 6 to lead the opening lap. D'Alberto crashed on the third lap at turn 7. D'Alberto restarts but the following lap Murphy and Slade, separately, crashed at the same point. Murphy was out with bent steering. A safety car was called for D'Alberto's car prior to the Nash Commodore restarting.

Perkins spun at the restart trying to avoid Dumbrell. Dumbrell had a spin a lap later, tangling with Van Gisbergen. Pitstops began around lap 20, beginning with Jason Bright. Craig Lowndes was an early stopper. James Courtney and Fabian Coulthard were big climbers through the field before Courtney stopped early on lap 24. Tander stalled in his pitstop and was passed by four cars as he exited.

Lowndes brushed the wall at turn 7 on lap 37, causing him to pit into the garage for mechanical work and rejoined losing some laps. Marcus Marshall also had an engine fail late in the running after clobbering a tyre bundle on the back chicane. Fiore retired after a clash with Cameron McConville, while Ingall slowed in late lap with mechanical problems. A shambolic safety car restart that saw faster cars mixed up with the mechanically wounded cars of Ingall and Caruso caused Courtney to hit the back of Tander's Commodore, slowing both cars in the later laps.

Whincup stormed away at the final restart to win from Winterbottom with Lee Holdsworth continuing his early season good form to finish third ahead of the consistent Steven Johnson

Race 4

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Race 4 was held on Sunday 19 April.

Qualifying

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The new format for Sunday qualifying made its debut, a return to traditional qualifying methods with all cars on the track together. The session was red flagged late in the session with many of the faster runners caught out just warming up for their final runs at pole after Tim Slade crashed. Steven Johnson was fastest at the time, securing only his second pole position, his previous, Canberra in 2001, also a street circuit. Team mate James Courtney started alongside as Ford dominated the timesheet occupying eight of the top ten position with the only Holdens the garry Rogers Motorsport duo of Michael Caruso and Lee Holdsworth occupying the third row of the grid behind Steven Richards and Jamie Whincup.

Race

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Dean Fiore started from pitlane while Tim Slade's car was too heavily damaged to continue. Johnson ran away from the start to lead while Steven Richards jumped past James Courtney for second as the safety car came out to attend a collision between Mark Winterbottom and the wall. Todd Kelly, being pressured by Jason Bargwanna, then struck Winterbottom. Kelly limped back to the pits while Winterbottom was stranded on the track with broken steering.

Whincup, unable to make progress against Johnson, Richards and Courtney, pitted early to try to get clear air, but it was a slow stop. Johnson slow built up a lead with Courtney moving into second on lap 22. Richards, suffering rear tyre problems, soon succumbed to Holdsworth and Caruso.

By lap 24 leading cars were pitting in numbers. Johnson pitted on lap 26 from the lead. Johnson rejoined behind Whincup but ahead of Holdsworth. Caruso pitted from second on lap 28, stalling briefly, rejoining behind Lowndes and Richards, just ahead of Coulthard. Coulthard claimed a position up the back straight from Caruso. Todd Kelly crashed the wall with steering, already repaired once.

Courtney finally pitted from the lead on lap 32, rejoining behind Whincup, in front of Johnson and Holdsworth. Richards was now holding fifth ahead of Lowndes and Coulthard. Richards spun off track on lap 46, dumping a number of positions. Two laps later Shane van Gisbergen took Rick Kelly off track with an overtaking move gone wrong at the hairpin. Both recovered. Lowndes broke the front left corner of the car, leaving suspension and wheel deranged after clipping the tyre bundle at the back straight chicane. Ingall pulled into the pits trailing smoke with just two laps to go.

Whincup cleared out to win from the Dick Johnson Racing pair of Courtney and Johnson with Holdsworth's fourth position vaulting him past Will Davison into second place in the championship pointscore.

Results

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Qualifying Race 3

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Pos No Name Car Team Top Ten Part 2 Part 1
Pole 5   Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:23.8053 1:23.6730
2 1   Jamie Whincup Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:23.8060 1:23.6232
3 17   Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:24.0691 1:23.8551
4 34   Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:24.0801 1:24.1777
5 2   Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:24.0862 1:23.9327
6 33   Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:24.1885 1:24.1704
7 888   Craig Lowndes Ford FG Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:24.3101 1:23.8543
8 18   James Courtney Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:24.4742 1:24.1192
9 15   Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:24.5275 1:24.0438
10 7   Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:24.5789 1:24.1021
11 9   Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.2719
12 22   Will Davison Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:24.2794
13 11   Jack Perkins Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:24.3279
14 10   Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:24.3472
15 77   Marcus Marshall Ford BF Falcon Team IntaRacing 1:24.4468
16 4   Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.5732
17 51   Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:24.7332
18 39   Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:24.7985
19 25   Jason Bright Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:34.2732
20 8   Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:35.3031
21 111   Fabian Coulthard Ford FG Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:24.7554
22 6   Steven Richards Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:24.9339
23 24   David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:24.9360
24 3   Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:24.9723
25 67   Tim Slade Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:25.0216
26 333   Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:25.1275
27 14   Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:25.6558
28 021   Dean Fiore Holden VE Commodore Team Kiwi Racing 1:25.9853
29 16   Dale Wood Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:26.1629
EXC 55   Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Rod Nash Racing

Race 3

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Pos No Name Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points
1 1   Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 59 1:27:20.3645 2 150
2 5   Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 59 +1.5s 1 138
3 33   Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 59 +2.3s 6 129
4 22   Will Davison Holden Racing Team 59 +5.6s 12 120
5 17   Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 59 +8.1s 3 111
6 111   Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing 59 +8.6s 21 102
7 15   Rick Kelly Jack Daniels Racing 59 +9.9s 9 96
8 7   Todd Kelly Jack Daniels Racing 59 +11.6s 10 90
9 4   Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 59 +14.1s 16 84
10 8   Jason Richards Brad Jones Racing 59 +15.4s 20 78
11 2   Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 59 +17.3s 5 72
12 24   David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing 59 +17.6s 23 69
13 18   James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 59 +18.1s 8 66
14 333   Michael Patrizi Paul Cruickshank Racing 59 +18.7s 26 63
15 6   Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 59 +19.6s 22 60
16 14   Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing 59 +28.3s 27 57
17 9   Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 59 +39.8s 11 54
18 10   Paul Dumbrell Walkinshaw Racing 58 + 1 lap 14 51
19 11   Jack Perkins Kelly Racing 58 + 1 lap 13 48
20 55   Tony D'Alberto Rod Nash Racing 58 + 1 lap 30 45
21 25   Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 58 + 1 lap 19 42
22 16   Dale Wood Kelly Racing 58 + 1 lap 29 39
23 39   Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 58 + 1 lap 18 36
24 888   Craig Lowndes Team Vodafone 55 + 4 laps 7 33
25 34   Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 52 + 7 laps 4 30
DNF 021   Dean Fiore Team Kiwi Racing 56 Accident 28
DNF 77   Marcus Marshall Team IntaRacing 53 Engine 15
DNF 3   Jason Bargwanna Tasman Motorsport 44 24
DNF 67   Tim Slade Paul Morris Motorsport 17 25
DNF 51   Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 5 Steering 17

Qualifying Race 4

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Pos No Name Car Team Time
Pole 17   Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:24.1606
2 18   James Courtney Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:24.2377
3 6   Steven Richards Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:24.2430
4 1   Jamie Whincup Ford FG Falcon Team Vodafone 1:24.2932
5 34   Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:24.2962
6 33   Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:24.3214
7 9   Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.3568
8 888   Craig Lowndes Ford FG Falcon Team Vodafone 1:24.3960
9 111   Fabian Coulthard Ford FG Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:24.4171
10 5   Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:24.4447
11 51   Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:24.4647
12 39   Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:24.4872
13 15   Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 1:24.5692
14 10   Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:24.6161
15 25   Jason Bright Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:24.6622
16 55   Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Rod Nash Racing 1:24.6660
17 7   Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 1:24.6824
18 8   Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:24.7050
19 2   Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:24.7090
20 22   Will Davison Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:24.7151
21 4   Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:24.7493
22 24   David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:24.7151
23 3   Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:24.8507
24 11   Jack Perkins Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:24.7671
25 333   Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:25.2186
26 67   Tim Slade Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:25.4154
27 16   Dale Wood Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:25.5536
28 14   Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:25.6336
29 77   Marcus Marshall Ford BF Falcon Team IntaRacing 1:25.6799
30 021   Dean Fiore Holden VE Commodore Team Kiwi Racing 1:26.0984

Standings

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  • After Round 2 of 14
Pos No Name Team Points
1 1   Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 600
2 33   Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 498
3 22   Will Davison Toll Holden Racing Team 483
4 17   Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing 462
5 111   Fabian Coulthard Paul Cruickshank Racing 354

References

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  1. ^ "Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Qualifying". natsoft.com.au. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". natsoft.com.au. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
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