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2009 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 17
Race numbers

The 2009 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 804th World Championship race
  • 25th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 14th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes581hr 34m 15.784s10
2 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes58+0.807s8
3PL(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota58+1.604s6
DQ (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+2.914s 
4PL(DEU) Timo GlockToyota58+4.435s5
5+5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault58+4.879s4
6-1(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota58+5.722s3
7+6(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari58+6.004s2
8+9(FRA) Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari58+6.298s1
9+7(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes58+6.335s 
10-1(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW58+7.085s 
11+4(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes58+7.374s 
12-4(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+1 lap 
13-10(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault56DNF 
14-10(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW55DNF 
15-8(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari55DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari45DNF 
R (BRA) Nelsinho PiquetRenault24DNF 
R (JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota17DNF 
R (FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • 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.
  • Sebastian Vettel ended lap 56 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Robert Kubica ended lap 56 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Kimi Raikkonen ended lap 55 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes
2 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes
3 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
4 (POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
5 (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
6 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
7 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
8 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
9 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
10 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
11 (JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
12 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
13 (CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
14 (BRA) Nelsinho PiquetRenault
15 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes
16 (DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
17 (FRA) Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari
18-5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
  (DEU) Timo GlockToyota
  (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota

Notes

  • Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.202 
2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.5050.303
3(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:26.8300.628
4(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.9140.712
5(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:26.9730.771
DQ(DEU) Timo GlockToyota1:26.9750.773
6(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.0330.831
DQ(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:27.1270.925
7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:27.1630.961
8(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:27.2461.044
Q2
9(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:25.504 
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:25.605 
11(JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:25.607 
12(FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.726 
13(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes– 
Q1
14(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.503 
15(BRA) Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:26.598 
16(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:26.677 
17(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.742 
18(FRA) Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.964 

Notes

  • 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
1(GBR) Jenson Button10
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello8
3(ITA) Jarno Trulli6
4(DEU) Timo Glock5
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso4
6(DEU) Nico Rosberg3
7(CHE) Sebastien Buemi2
8(FRA) Sebastien Bourdais1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Brawn GP-Mercedes18
2Toyota11
3Renault4
4Williams-Toyota3
5Toro Rosso-Ferrari3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Sebastien Buemi (first Swiss driver to start a race since 1995)
Brawn GP
Milestone race start
200th for Jarno Trulli (10th driver to start 200 races, 4th Italian driver)
Wins
2nd for Jenson Button (first win since 2006; first for Brawn GP)
1st for Brawn GP (33rd different winner)
Race 1-2
1st for Brawn GP (21st different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
63rd for Rubens Barrichello (first for Brawn GP)
16th for Jenson Button (first podium since 2006; first for Brawn GP)
9th for Jarno Trulli
9th for Toyota
1st & 2nd for Brawn GP (55th different podium finisher)
Poles
4th for Jenson Button (first since 2006; first for Brawn GP)
1st for Brawn GP (37th different polesitter)
1-2 start
1st and only for Brawn GP (18th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
2nd for Nico Rosberg (first since 2006 and last until 2012; last for Williams)
130th for Williams (first since 2006 and last until 2012)
Front row starts
30th for Rubens Barrichello (19th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 3rd Brazilian driver; first since 2004; first for Brawn GP)
11th for Jenson Button (first since 2006; first for Brawn GP)
Points finishes
1st for Sebastien Buemi (310th different point scorer, 7th Swiss driver)
Pole & win
1st for Jenson Button (56th different driver to win from pole, 13th British driver)