2009 Australian Grand Prix
804th World Championship race, 25th World Championship Australian Grand Prix, 14th World Championship race at Melbourne
Fact File
Date: | Sunday, 29 March 2009 |
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Winner: | ![]() ![]() |
Pole position: | ![]() ![]() |
Fastest lap: | ![]() ![]() |
Circuit: | Melbourne, 58 laps |
Round: | 1 of 17 |
Race Result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 58 | 1hr 34m 15.784s | 10 | |
2 | ![]() | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 58 | +0.807s | 8 | |
3 | PL | ![]() | Toyota | 58 | +1.604s | 6 |
DQ | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +2.914s | ||
4 | PL | ![]() | Toyota | 58 | +4.435s | 5 |
5 | +5 | ![]() | Renault | 58 | +4.879s | 4 |
6 | -1 | ![]() | Williams-Toyota | 58 | +5.722s | 3 |
7 | +6 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +6.004s | 2 |
8 | +9 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +6.298s | 1 |
9 | +7 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +6.335s | |
10 | -1 | ![]() | BMW Sauber-BMW | 58 | +7.085s | |
11 | +4 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +7.374s | |
12 | -4 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | +1 lap | |
13 | -10 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | DNF | |
14 | -10 | ![]() | BMW Sauber-BMW | 55 | DNF | |
15 | -8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 55 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 45 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Renault | 24 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Williams-Toyota | 17 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | DNF |
- 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 | Driver | Constructor | Time | |
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1 | ![]() | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:26.202 | |
2 | ![]() | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:26.505 | |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:26.830 | |
4 | ![]() | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:26.914 | |
5 | ![]() | Williams-Toyota | 1:26.973 | |
6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:27.033 | |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:27.163 | |
8 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:27.246 | |
9 | ![]() | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:25.504 | |
10 | ![]() | Renault | 1:25.605 | |
11 | ![]() | Williams-Toyota | 1:25.607 | |
12 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.726 | |
13 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.503 | |
14 | ![]() | Renault | 1:26.598 | |
15 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.677 | |
16 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.742 | |
17 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.964 | |
18 | -5 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | – |
Started from the pit lane | ||||
![]() | Toyota | 1:26.975 | ||
![]() | Toyota | 1:27.127 |
- Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Qualifying Result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:26.202 | |
2 | ![]() | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:26.505 | 0.303 |
3 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:26.830 | 0.628 |
4 | ![]() | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:26.914 | 0.712 |
5 | ![]() | Williams-Toyota | 1:26.973 | 0.771 |
DQ | ![]() | Toyota | 1:26.975 | 0.773 |
6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:27.033 | 0.831 |
DQ | ![]() | Toyota | 1:27.127 | 0.925 |
7 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:27.163 | 0.961 |
8 | ![]() | Red Bull-Renault | 1:27.246 | 1.044 |
Q2 | ||||
9 | ![]() | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:25.504 | |
10 | ![]() | Renault | 1:25.605 | |
11 | ![]() | Williams-Toyota | 1:25.607 | |
12 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.726 | |
13 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | – | |
Q1 | ||||
14 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.503 | |
15 | ![]() | Renault | 1:26.598 | |
16 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.677 | |
17 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.742 | |
18 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.964 |
- 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
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 18 |
2 | ![]() | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 3 |
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)