Yep, we’ll finally have some ACTUAL racing in Formula One this weekend.

With all the controversies surrounding the sport lately, the 2009 F1 season continues and it will resume at the Nurburgring for the 9th race of the year, the German Grand Prix.

That’s right, the 2009 F1 German Grand Prix is the ninth race of the Formula One season and it will be held on July 12, Sunday. One dude looking forward for this one is current championship points leader Jenson Button who, despite finishing a disappointing 6th in his home grand prix in Britain, is still looking forward to win and extend his 23-point lead over closest rival Rubens Barrichello.

As of this writing, Jenson Button has 64 championship points. Button’s closest competitor Rubens Barrichello, who happens to be his Brawn GP teammate, has 41 championship points, followed by Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull with 39.

Thanks to the remarkable performances of Button and Barrichello, Brawn GP now has a huge 30-point lead in the constructors’ championship with Red Bull Racing in second place. Toyota is 30 points behind the two.

The three former F1 world champions in the field, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton are currently 9th, 10th and 11th in the championship race, with 11, 10 and 9 points respectively.

Yes, it’s been a rough year for the big boys and don’t expect any of these guys to, all of a sudden, win at Nurburgring. And although Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix last year for McLaren-Mercedes at Hockenheim, don’t expect an encore performance with the way things are going for the young British champion.

The German Grand Prix was a round of the first ever Formula 1 World Championship in 1950. At that time the race was held on the daunting Nurburgring Nordschleife, which wound its way for more than 14 miles through the Eifel region of northern Germany.

The 2009 German Grand Prix will take place on a modern incarnation of the track, which lies adjacent to the old one.

Can Jenson Button win the 2009 F1 Drivers Championship and punch in the first world championship for Brawn GP? SPORTSBETTING.COM has the odds.

Jenson Button 6-5

Lewis Hamilton 8-1

Felipe Massa 8-1

Fernando Alonso 14-1

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