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

2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 October 2009
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round16 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
More 2009 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault711hr 32m 23.081s10
2+6Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW71+7.626s8
3+14United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes71+18.944s6
4+11Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault71+19.652s5
5+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes71+29.005s4
6-1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+33.340s3
7-1Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari71+35.991s2
8-7Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes71+45.454s1
9+2Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiToyota71+1m 03.324s 
10+9Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari71+1m 10.665s 
11+9Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes71+1m 11.388s 
12+4Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes71+1m 13.499s (25.000s) 
13 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault70+1 lap 
14-2Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari70+1 lap 
R Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota30DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota27DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW21DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes0DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota0DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault0DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes
2 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3 Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
4 Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota
5 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
6 Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
8 Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
9 Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
10 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault
11 Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiToyota
12 Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
13 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault
14 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes
15 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
16 Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
17 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
18 Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
19 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari
20-5Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes

Notes

  • Vitantonio Liuzzi received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:19.576 
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:19.6680.092
3Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:19.9120.336
4Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:20.0970.521
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:20.1680.592
6Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:20.2500.674
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:20.3260.750
8Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:20.6311.055
9Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:20.6741.098
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:21.4221.846
Q2
11Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiToyota1:21.960 
12Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:22.231 
13France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault1:22.477 
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:22.504 
15Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes– 
Q1
16Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:25.009 
17Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.052 
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.192 
19Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:25.515 
20Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaFerrari1:40.703 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2009 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button89
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel74
3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello72
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber61.5
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton49
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen48
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg34.5
8Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli30.5
9Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso26
10Germany flag lazyload Timo Glock24
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa22
12Finland flag lazyload Heikki Kovalainen22
13Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica17
14Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld15
15Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella8
16Germany flag lazyload Adrian Sutil5
17Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi5
18France flag lazyload Sebastien Bourdais2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes161
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault135.5
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes71
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari70
5Japan flag lazyload Toyota54.5
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Toyota34.5
7Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW32
8France flag lazyload Renault26
9India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes13
10Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari7

Statistics & milestones

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 Sauber)
436th for McLaren, 23rd for Sauber/BMW Sauber (last until 2012), 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)

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2009 World Championship season

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