2009 Australian Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 29 March 2009 |
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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 |  Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 58 | 1hr 34m 15.784s | 10 | |
| 2 |  Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 58 | +0.807s | 8 | |
| 3 | PL |  Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 58 | +1.604s | 6 |
| DQ | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 58 | +2.914s | ||
| 4 | PL |  Timo Glock | Toyota | 58 | +4.435s | 5 |
| 5 | +5 |  Fernando Alonso | Renault | 58 | +4.879s | 4 |
| 6 | -1 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 58 | +5.722s | 3 |
| 7 | +6 |  Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +6.004s | 2 |
| 8 | +9 |  Sebastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 58 | +6.298s | 1 |
| 9 | +7 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +6.335s | |
| 10 | -1 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 58 | +7.085s | |
| 11 | +4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +7.374s | |
| 12 | -4 |  Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 57 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | -10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 56 | DNF | |
| 14 | -10 |  Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 55 | DNF | |
| 15 | -8 |  Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 55 | DNF | |
| R | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 45 | DNF | ||
| R | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 24 | DNF | ||
| R |  Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 17 | DNF | ||
| R | 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 | Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | |
| 11 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | |
| 12 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 13 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 14 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | |
| 15 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | |
| 17 | Sebastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 18 | -5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Started from the pit lane | |||
| Timo Glock | Toyota | ||
| Jarno Trulli | Toyota | ||
Notes
- Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Qualifying result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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| 1 | Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:26.202 | |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:26.505 | 0.303 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:26.830 | 0.628 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:26.914 | 0.712 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:26.973 | 0.771 |
| DQ | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:26.975 | 0.773 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.033 | 0.831 |
| DQ | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.127 | 0.925 |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:27.163 | 0.961 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:27.246 | 1.044 |
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| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:25.504 | |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:25.605 | |
| 11 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:25.607 | |
| 12 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.726 | |
| 13 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | – | |
| Q1 | ||||
| 14 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.503 | |
| 15 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:26.598 | |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.677 | |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.742 | |
| 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.964 | |
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-2009 Australian Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Jenson Button | 10 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | 8 |
| 3 | Jarno Trulli | 6 |
| 4 | Timo Glock | 5 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | 4 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | 3 |
| 7 | Sebastien Buemi | 2 |
| 8 | 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 (54th different podium finisher)
- Poles
- 4th for Jenson Button (first since 2006; first for Brawn GP)
- 1st for Brawn GP (37th different polesitter)
- Qualifying 1-2
- 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)