2009 Australian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Melbourne, 58 laps |
Round | 1 of 17 |
Race numbers | The 2009 Australian Grand Prix was the:
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Previous race | 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (GBR) Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 58 | 1hr 34m 15.784s | 10 | |
2 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 58 | +0.807s | 8 | |
3 | PL | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 58 | +1.604s | 6 |
DQ | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +2.914s | ||
4 | PL | (DEU) Timo Glock | Toyota | 58 | +4.435s | 5 |
5 | +5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Renault | 58 | +4.879s | 4 |
6 | -1 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 58 | +5.722s | 3 |
7 | +6 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +6.004s | 2 |
8 | +9 | (FRA) Sebastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +6.298s | 1 |
9 | +7 | (DEU) Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +6.335s | |
10 | -1 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 58 | +7.085s | |
11 | +4 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +7.374s | |
12 | -4 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | +1 lap | |
13 | -10 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | DNF | |
14 | -10 | (POL) Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 55 | DNF | |
15 | -8 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 55 | DNF | |
R | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 45 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 24 | DNF | ||
R | (JPN) Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 17 | DNF | ||
R | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | DNF |
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
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | (GBR) Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | |
2 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | |
3 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |
4 | (POL) Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
5 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | |
6 | (BRA) Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
7 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
8 | (AUS) Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | |
9 | (DEU) Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
10 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Renault | |
11 | (JPN) Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | |
12 | (FIN) Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | |
13 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
14 | (BRA) Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | |
15 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | |
16 | (DEU) Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | |
17 | (FRA) Sebastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
18 | -5 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes |
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(DEU) Timo Glock | Toyota | ||
(ITA) Jarno Trulli | Toyota |
Notes
- Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (GBR) Jenson Button | 10 |
2 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | 8 |
3 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | 6 |
4 | (DEU) Timo Glock | 5 |
5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 4 |
6 | (DEU) Nico Rosberg | 3 |
7 | (CHE) Sebastien Buemi | 2 |
8 | (FRA) Sebastien Bourdais | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 18 |
2 | Toyota | 11 |
3 | Renault | 4 |
4 | Williams-Toyota | 3 |
5 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 3 |
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)