Home races

Sebastian Vettel : “I am always happy when I have won a race but, listening to the German anthem in Germany when you are a German, then it is definitely something very special.”

In 2007, not one driver won his home race. One year later, in 2008, Hamilton won at the rain race in Silverstone. Felipe Massa won in Interlagos as well, and it was rainy too. This year, so far nobody has won his home race yet - Button, Vettel and Webber are the only three race winners this year, and they all raced home already. Button won Webber’s home race, Webber won Vettel’s home race, and Vettel won Button’s home race.

The best result at home race this season was achieved by Sebastian Vettel, who was 2nd, behind his teammate Mark Webber.

(Fernando Alonso has two home races - Spanish GP in Barcelona and European GP in Valencia)

Results at home races so far this season:

2nd - Sebastian Vettel at the German GP in Nurburgring.
4th - Nico Rosberg at the German GP in Nurburgring.
5th - Fernando Alonso at the Spanish GP in Barcelona.
6th - Jenson Button at the British GP in Silverstone.
9th - Timo Glock at the German GP in Nurburgring.
10th - Nick Heidfeld at the German GP in Nurburgring.
12th - Mark Webber at the Australian GP in Melbourne.
15th - Adrian Sutil at the German GP in Nurburgring.
16th - Lewis Hamilton at the British GP in Silverstone.

Drivers that are going to race at home this year:

Fernando Alonso and Jaime Alguersuari at the European GP in Valencia (23th August 2009)
Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella at the Italian GP in Monza (13th September 2009)
Kazuki Nakajima at the Japanese GP in Suzuka (4th October 2009)
Felipe Massa, Nelson Piquet and Rubens Barrichello at the Brazilian GP in Interlagos (18th October 2009)

Drivers with no home races:

Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen - Finland
Sebastien Buemi - Switzerland
Robert Kubica - Poland
Sebastien Bourdais - France