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Home / Seasons / 2009 F1 World Championship Season / 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 November 2009
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitYas Marina, 55 laps
Round17 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
More 2009 season
More Abu Dhabi Grands Prix
Next race2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault551hr 34m 03.414s10
2+1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault55+17.857s8
3+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes55+18.467s6
4 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes55+22.735s5
5+3Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW55+26.253s4
6+6Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiToyota55+28.343s3
7-1Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota55+34.366s2
8+2Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari55+41.294s1
9 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota55+45.941s 
10-3Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW55+48.180s 
11+7Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes55+52.798s 
12-1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari55+54.317s 
13 Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota55+59.839s 
14+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault55+1m 09.687s 
15+1Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes55+1m 34.450s 
16+4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari54+1 lap 
17 Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes54+1 lap 
18+1France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault54+1 lap 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes20DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari18DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
3 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
4 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes
5 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes
6 Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota
7 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
8 Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
9 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
10 Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
11 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
12 Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiToyota
13 Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
14 Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
15 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault
16 Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes
17 Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
18-5Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
19 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault
20 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.948 
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:41.6150.667
3Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:41.7260.778
4Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:41.7860.838
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:41.8920.944
6Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:41.8970.949
7Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:41.9921.044
8Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:42.3431.395
9Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:42.5831.635
10Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:42.7131.765
Q2
11Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:40.726 
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiToyota1:40.777 
13Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.983 
14Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:41.148 
15Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:41.689 
Q1
16Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:41.667 
17Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:41.701 
18Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:41.863 
19France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault1:41.950 
20Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari1:42.184 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button95
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel84
3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello77
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber69.5
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton49
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen48
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg34.5
8Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli32.5
9Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso26
10Germany flag lazyload Timo Glock24
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa22
12Finland flag lazyload Heikki Kovalainen22
13Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld19
14Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica17
15Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella8
16Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi6
17Germany flag lazyload Adrian Sutil5
18Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi3
19France flag lazyload Sebastien Bourdais2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes172
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault153.5
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes71
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari70
5Japan flag lazyload Toyota59.5
6Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW36
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Toyota34.5
8France flag lazyload Renault26
9India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes13
10Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari8

Statistics & milestones

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)

See also

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

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