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.
Rule change 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 Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday 18 April, and was split into two sessions and followed with a top ten shootout. 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.
Race 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 Race 4 was held on Sunday 19 April.
Qualifying 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. Teammate 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 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 Qualifying Race 3 Pos No Name Car Team Top Ten Part 2 Part 1Pole5 Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:23.80531:23.673021 Jamie WhincupFord FG FalconTriple Eight Race Engineering1:23.80601:23.6232317 Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:24.06911:23.8551434 Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:24.08011:24.177752 Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:24.08621:23.9327633 Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:24.18851:24.17047888 Craig LowndesFord FG FalconTriple Eight Race Engineering1:24.31011:23.8543818 James CourtneyFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:24.4742 1:24.1192915 Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:24.52751:24.0438107 Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:24.57891:24.1021119 Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:24.27191222 Will DavisonHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:24.27941311 Jack PerkinsHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:24.32791410 Paul DumbrellHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:24.34721577 Marcus MarshallFord BF FalconTeam IntaRacing1:24.4468164 Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:24.57321751 Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodoreTasman Motorsport1:24.73321839 Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:24.79851925 Jason BrightFord BF FalconBritek Motorsport1:34.2732208 Jason RichardsHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:35.303121111 Fabian CoulthardFord FG FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing1:24.7554226 Steven RichardsFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:24.93392324 David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:24.9360243 Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreTasman Motorsport1:24.97232567 Tim SladeHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:25.021626333 Michael PatriziFord BF FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing1:25.12752714 Cameron McConvilleHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:25.655828021 Dean FioreHolden VE CommodoreTeam Kiwi Racing1:25.98532916 Dale WoodHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:26.1629EXC55 Tony D'AlbertoHolden VE CommodoreRod Nash Racing
Race 3 Pos No Name Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points11 Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone591:27:20.3645215025 Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing59+1.5s1138333 Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport59+2.3s6129422 Will DavisonHolden Racing Team59+5.6s12120517 Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing59+8.1s31116111 Fabian CoulthardPaul Cruickshank Racing59+8.6s21102715 Rick KellyJack Daniels Racing59+9.9s99687 Todd KellyJack Daniels Racing59+11.6s109094 Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing59+14.1s1684108 Jason RichardsBrad Jones Racing59+15.4s2078112 Garth TanderHolden Racing Team59+17.3s5721224 David ReynoldsWalkinshaw Racing59+17.6s23691318 James CourtneyDick Johnson Racing59+18.1s86614333 Michael PatriziPaul Cruickshank Racing59+18.7s2663156 Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing59+19.6s22601614 Cameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing59+28.3s2757179 Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing59+39.8s11541810 Paul DumbrellWalkinshaw Racing58+ 1 lap14511911 Jack PerkinsKelly Racing58+ 1 lap13482055 Tony D'AlbertoRod Nash Racing58+ 1 lap30452125 Jason BrightBritek Motorsport58+ 1 lap19422216 Dale WoodKelly Racing58+ 1 lap29392339 Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport58+ 1 lap183624888 Craig LowndesTeam Vodafone55+ 4 laps7332534 Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport52+ 7 laps430DNF021 Dean FioreTeam Kiwi Racing56Accident28DNF77 Marcus MarshallTeam IntaRacing53Engine15DNF3 Jason BargwannaTasman Motorsport4424DNF67 Tim SladePaul Morris Motorsport1725DNF51 Greg MurphyTasman Motorsport5Steering17
Qualifying Race 4 Pos No Name Car Team TimePole17 Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:24.1606218 James CourtneyFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:24.237736 Steven RichardsFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:24.243041 Jamie WhincupFord FG FalconTeam Vodafone1:24.2932534 Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:24.2962633 Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:24.321479 Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:24.35688888 Craig LowndesFord FG FalconTeam Vodafone1:24.39609111 Fabian CoulthardFord FG FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing1:24.4171105 Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:24.44471151 Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodoreTasman Motorsport1:24.46471239 Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:24.48721315 Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreJack Daniel's Racing1:24.56921410 Paul DumbrellHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:24.61611525 Jason BrightFord BF FalconBritek Motorsport1:24.66221655 Tony D'AlbertoHolden VE CommodoreRod Nash Racing1:24.6660177 Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreJack Daniel's Racing1:24.6824188 Jason RichardsHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:24.7050192 Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:24.70902022 Will DavisonHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:24.7151214 Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:24.74932224 David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:24.7151233 Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreTasman Motorsport1:24.85072411 Jack PerkinsHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:24.767125333 Michael PatriziFord BF FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing1:25.21862667 Tim SladeHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:25.41542716 Dale WoodHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:25.55362814 Cameron McConvilleHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:25.63362977 Marcus MarshallFord BF FalconTeam IntaRacing1:25.679930021 Dean FioreHolden VE CommodoreTeam Kiwi Racing1:26.0984
Standings After Round 2 of 14 Pos No Name Team Points11 Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone 600233 Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport 498322 Will DavisonToll Holden Racing Team 483417 Steven JohnsonJim Beam Racing 4625111 Fabian CoulthardPaul Cruickshank Racing 354
References
External links Hamilton 400 website Official timing and results