2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 1 November 2009
Winner:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Circuit:	Yas Marina, 55 laps
Round:	17 of 17

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	1hr 34m 03.414s	10
2	+1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	+17.857s	8
3	+2	Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	55	+18.467s	6
4		Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	55	+22.735s	5
5	+3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	55	+26.253s	4
6	+6	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	55	+28.343s	3
7	-1	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	55	+34.366s	2
8	+2	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+41.294s	1
9		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	+45.941s
10	-3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	55	+48.180s
11	+7	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+52.798s
12	-1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	55	+54.317s
13		Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	55	+59.839s
14	+1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	55	+1m 09.687s
15	+1	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1m 34.450s
16	+4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	54	+1 lap
17		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	54	+1 lap
18	+1	Romain Grosjean	Renault	54	+1 lap
R		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	20	DNF
R		Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	18	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.948
2		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.615
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.726
4		Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:41.786
5		Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:41.892
6		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:41.897
7		Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:41.992
8		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:42.343
9		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:42.583
10		Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:42.713
11		Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:40.726
12		Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:40.777
13		Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:41.148
14		Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:41.689
15		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:41.667
16		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.701
17		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.863
18	-5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.983
19		Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:41.950
20		Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:42.184

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.948
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.615	0.667
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.726	0.778
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:41.786	0.838
5	Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:41.892	0.944
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:41.897	0.949
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:41.992	1.044
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:42.343	1.395
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:42.583	1.635
10	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:42.713	1.765
Q2
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:40.726
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:40.777
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.983
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:41.148
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:41.689
Q1
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:41.667
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.701
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.863
19	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:41.950
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:42.184

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 2009

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jenson Button	95
2	Sebastian Vettel	84
3	Rubens Barrichello	77
4	Mark Webber	69.5
5	Lewis Hamilton	49
6	Kimi Raikkonen	48
7	Nico Rosberg	34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	32.5
9	Fernando Alonso	26
10	Timo Glock	24
11	Felipe Massa	22
12	Heikki Kovalainen	22
13	Nick Heidfeld	19
14	Robert Kubica	17
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	8
16	Sebastien Buemi	6
17	Adrian Sutil	5
18	Kamui Kobayashi	3
19	Sebastien Bourdais	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Brawn GP-Mercedes	172
2	Red Bull-Renault	153.5
3	McLaren-Mercedes	71
4	Ferrari	70
5	Toyota	59.5
6	BMW Sauber-BMW	36
7	Williams-Toyota	34.5
8	Renault	26
9	Force India-Mercedes	13
10	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	8

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Giancarlo Fisichella, Kazuki Nakajima

Constructor: Brawn GP, Toyota

Wins

Driver: 5th for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 6th for Red Bull

Race 1-2

Constructor: 4th for Red Bull

Podiums

Driver: 24th for Jenson Button, 10th for Mark Webber, 9th for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 18th & 19th for Red Bull, 15th and last for Brawn GP

Poles

Driver: 17th for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 145th for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 3rd for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 6th for Red Bull

Front row starts

Driver: 25th for Lewis Hamilton, 9th for Sebastian Vettel

Points finishes

Driver: 72nd and last for Jarno Trulli, 1st for Kamui Kobayashi (311th different point scorer, 7th Japanese driver)

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 2nd for Sebastian Vettel

See also

• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
• Yas Marina Circuit
• 2009 World Championship season