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

2009 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 29 March 2009
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Toyota
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
More 2009 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes581hr 34m 15.784s10
2 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes58+0.807s8
3PLItaly flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota58+1.604s6
DQ United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+2.914s 
4PLGermany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota58+4.435s5
5+5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault58+4.879s4
6-1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota58+5.722s3
7+6Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari58+6.004s2
8+9France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari58+6.298s1
9+7Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes58+6.335s 
10-1Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW58+7.085s 
11+4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes58+7.374s 
12-4Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+1 lap 
13-10Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault56DNF 
14-10Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW55DNF 
15-8Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari55DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari45DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault24DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota17DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload 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 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes
2 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes
3 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
4 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
5 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
6 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
7 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
8 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
9 Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
10 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault
11 Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
12 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
13 Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
14 Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault
15 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes
16 Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
17 France flag lazyload Sebastien BourdaisToro Rosso-Ferrari
18-5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
  Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota
  Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.202 
2Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:26.5050.303
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:26.8300.628
4Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.9140.712
5Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:26.9730.771
DQGermany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota1:26.9750.773
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.0330.831
DQItaly flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:27.1270.925
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:27.1630.961
8Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:27.2461.044
Q2
9Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:25.504 
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:25.605 
11Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:25.607 
12Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.726 
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes– 
Q1
14Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.503 
15Brazil flag lazyload Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:26.598 
16Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:26.677 
17Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.742 
18France flag lazyload 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-2009 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

See also

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

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