2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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 numbers	The 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the: 820th World Championship race 1st World Championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 1st World Championship race at Yas Marina
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Race result

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

Notes

Heikki Kovalainen received a five-place grid penalty for a change of gearbox after his initial gearbox failed during qualifying.

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Last start: Giancarlo Fisichella; Kazuki Nakajima; Brawn GP; Toyota
Wins: 5th for Sebastian Vettel; 6th for Red Bull
Race 1-2: 4th for Red Bull
Podiums: 24th for Jenson Button (last for Brawn GP); 10th for Mark Webber (68th driver to score ten podiums, 3rd Australian driver); 9th for Sebastian Vettel; 18th & 19th for Red Bull; 15th and last for Brawn GP
Poles: 17th for Lewis Hamilton; 145th for McLaren
Fastest laps: 3rd for Sebastian Vettel; 6th for Red Bull
Front row starts: 25th for Lewis Hamilton; 9th for Sebastian Vettel
Points finishes: 72nd and last for Jarno Trulli; 1st for Kamui Kobayashi (311th different point scorer, 7th Japanese driver)
Win & fastest lap: 2nd for Sebastian Vettel (last until 2011)