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Home / Seasons / 2009 F1 World Championship Season / 2009 Australian Grand Prix

2009 Australian Grand Prix

804th World Championship race, 25th World Championship Australian Grand Prix, 14th World Championship race at Melbourne

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2008 Australian Grand Prix

2010 Australian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 29 March 2009
Winner:United Kingdom flag Jenson Button
United Kingdom flag Brawn GP-Mercedes
Pole position:United Kingdom flag Jenson Button
United Kingdom flag Brawn GP-Mercedes
Fastest lap:Germany flag Nico Rosberg
United Kingdom flag Williams-Toyota
Circuit:Melbourne, 58 laps
Round:1 of 17

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes581hr 34m 15.784s10
2 Brazil flag Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes58+0.807s8
3PLItaly flag Jarno TrulliToyota58+1.604s6
DQ United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+2.914s 
4PLGermany flag Timo GlockToyota58+4.435s5
5+5Spain flag Fernando AlonsoRenault58+4.879s4
6-1Germany flag Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota58+5.722s3
7+6Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari58+6.004s2
8+9France flag Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari58+6.298s1
9+7Germany flag Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes58+6.335s 
10-1Germany flag Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW58+7.085s 
11+4Italy flag Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes58+7.374s 
12-4Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+1 lap 
13-10Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault56DNF 
14-10Poland flag Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW55DNF 
15-8Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenFerrari55DNF 
R Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari45DNF 
R Brazil flag Nelsinho PiquetRenault24DNF 
R Japan flag Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota17DNF 
R Finland flag Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
  • Lewis Hamilton and McLaren were disqualified post-race for providing evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards regarding an incident during the race with Jarno Trulli under safety car conditions.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
Pos DriverConstructorTime
1 United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.202
2 Brazil flag Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.505
3 Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:26.830
4 Poland flag Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.914
5 Germany flag Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:26.973
6 Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.033
7 Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:27.163
8 Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:27.246
9 Germany flag Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:25.504
10 Spain flag Fernando AlonsoRenault1:25.605
11 Japan flag Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:25.607
12 Finland flag Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.726
13 Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.503
14 Brazil flag Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:26.598
15 Italy flag Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:26.677
16 Germany flag Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.742
17 France flag Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.964
18-5United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes–
Started from the pit lane
  Germany flag Timo GlockToyota1:26.975
  Italy flag Jarno TrulliToyota1:27.127
  • Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.202 
2Brazil flag Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.5050.303
3Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:26.8300.628
4Poland flag Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.9140.712
5Germany flag Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:26.9730.771
DQGermany flag Timo GlockToyota1:26.9750.773
6Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.0330.831
DQItaly flag Jarno TrulliToyota1:27.1270.925
7Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:27.1630.961
8Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:27.2461.044
Q2
9Germany flag Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:25.504 
10Spain flag Fernando AlonsoRenault1:25.605 
11Japan flag Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:25.607 
12Finland flag Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.726 
13United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes– 
Q1
14Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.503 
15Brazil flag Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:26.598 
16Italy flag Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:26.677 
17Germany flag Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.742 
18France flag Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.964 
  • Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli were excluded from qualifying and demoted to the back of the grid for use of illegal rear wings.

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag Jenson Button10
2Brazil flag Rubens Barrichello8
3Italy flag Jarno Trulli6
4Germany flag Timo Glock5
5Spain flag Fernando Alonso4
6Germany flag Nico Rosberg3
7Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi2
8France flag Sebastien Bourdais1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag Brawn GP-Mercedes18
2Japan flag Toyota11
3France flag Renault4
4United Kingdom flag Williams-Toyota3
5Italy flag Toro Rosso-Ferrari3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Sebastien Buemi
Constructor: Brawn GP
Milestone race start
Driver: 200th for Jarno Trulli
Wins
Driver: 2nd for Jenson Button
Constructor: 1st for Brawn GP (33rd different winner)
Race 1-2
Constructor: 1st for Brawn GP (21st different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
Driver: 63rd for Rubens Barrichello, 16th for Jenson Button, 9th for Jarno Trulli
Constructor: 9th for Toyota, 1st & 2nd for Brawn GP (54th different podium finisher)
Poles
Driver: 4th for Jenson Button
Constructor: 1st for Brawn GP (37th different polesitter)
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 1st and only for Brawn GP (18th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
Driver: 2nd for Nico Rosberg
Constructor: 130th for Williams
Front row starts
Driver: 30th for Rubens Barrichello, 11th for Jenson Button
Points finishes
Driver: 1st for Sebastien Buemi (310th different point scorer, 7th Swiss driver)
Pole & win
Driver: 1st for Jenson Button (56th different driver to win from pole, 13th British driver)

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne Circuit
  • 2009 World Championship season

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