2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 18 October 2009
Winner	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Pole position	Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Circuit	Interlagos, 71 laps
Round	16 of 17
Race numbers	The 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix was the: 819th World Championship race 37th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix 27th World Championship race at Interlagos 2009 Drivers’ title decider 2009 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	1hr 32m 23.081s	10
2	+6	(POL) Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	71	+7.626s	8
3	+14	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+18.944s	6
4	+11	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	+19.652s	5
5	+9	(GBR) Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	71	+29.005s	4
6	-1	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	+33.340s	3
7	-1	(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	+35.991s	2
8	-7	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	71	+45.454s	1
9	+2	(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	71	+1m 03.324s
10	+9	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	71	+1m 10.665s
11	+9	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	71	+1m 11.388s
12	+4	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1m 13.499s (25.000s)
13		(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Renault	70	+1 lap
14	-2	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 lap
R		(JPN) Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	30	DNF
R		(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	27	DNF
R		(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	21	DNF
R		(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	0	DNF
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Toyota	0	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	0	DNF

Notes

Heikki Kovalainen received a 25-second time penalty for an unsafe pit-stop release. He originally finished P9.

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:19.576
2	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:19.668	0.092
3	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:19.912	0.336
4	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:20.097	0.521
5	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:20.168	0.592
6	(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.250	0.674
7	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:20.326	0.750
8	(POL) Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:20.631	1.055
9	(JPN) Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:20.674	1.098
10	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:21.422	1.846
Q2
11	(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:21.960
12	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:22.231
13	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:22.477
14	(GBR) Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:22.504
15	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	–
Q1
16	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:25.009
17	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.052
18	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.192
19	(DEU) Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:25.515
20	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:40.703

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Kamui Kobayashi
World Champion: 1st and only title for Jenson Button (31st driver to win the World Championship, 10th British champion; last British champion until 2014); 1st and only title for Brawn GP (13th constructor world champion)
Wins: 2nd for Mark Webber; 5th for Red Bull
Podiums: 27th for Lewis Hamilton; 9th for Mark Webber; 9th for Robert Kubica (last for BMW Sauber); 436th for McLaren; 17th and last for BMW Sauber; 17th for Red Bull
Poles: 14th and last for Rubens Barrichello (first since 2004; last Brazilian polesitter 2014; only pole for Brawn GP); 5th and last for Brawn GP
Fastest laps: 3rd for Mark Webber; 5th for Red Bull
Front row starts: 33rd and last for Rubens Barrichello; 6th for Mark Webber
Win & fastest lap: 1st for Mark Webber (65th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd Australian driver; last until 2011; first Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1981)