2009 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 18 October 2009 |
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| Circuit | Interlagos, 71 laps |
| Round | 16 of 17 |
| Race numbers | The 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +1 |  Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 71 | 1hr 32m 23.081s | 10 |
| 2 | +6 |  Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 71 | +7.626s | 8 |
| 3 | +14 |  Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 71 | +18.944s | 6 |
| 4 | +11 |  Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 71 | +19.652s | 5 |
| 5 | +9 | Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 71 | +29.005s | 4 |
| 6 | -1 |  Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 71 | +33.340s | 3 |
| 7 | -1 |  Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 71 | +35.991s | 2 |
| 8 | -7 |  Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 71 | +45.454s | 1 |
| 9 | +2 |  Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 71 | +1m 03.324s | |
| 10 | +9 |  Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 71 | +1m 10.665s | |
| 11 | +9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 71 | +1m 11.388s | |
| 12 | +4 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 71 | +1m 13.499s (25.000s) | |
| 13 |  Romain Grosjean | Renault | 70 | +1 lap | ||
| 14 | -2 |  Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | |
| R | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 30 | DNF | ||
| R | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 27 | DNF | ||
| R | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 21 | DNF | ||
| R | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 0 | DNF | ||
Notes
- Heikki Kovalainen received a 25-second time penalty for an unsafe pit-stop release. He originally finished P9.
Starting grid
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | |
| 3 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
| 6 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | |
| 14 | Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 17 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 18 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | |
| 20 | -5 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes |
Notes
- Vitantonio Liuzzi received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Qualifying result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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| Q3 | ||||
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:19.576 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:19.668 | 0.092 |
| 3 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.912 | 0.336 |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:20.097 | 0.521 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:20.168 | 0.592 |
| 6 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:20.250 | 0.674 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.326 | 0.750 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:20.631 | 1.055 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.674 | 1.098 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:21.422 | 1.846 |
| Q2 | ||||
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:21.960 | |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:22.231 | |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:22.477 | |
| 14 | Jenson Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:22.504 | |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | – | |
| Q1 | ||||
| 16 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.009 | |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.052 | |
| 18 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.192 | |
| 19 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:25.515 | |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:40.703 | |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2009 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Jenson Button | 89 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | 74 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | 72 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | 61.5 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | 49 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | 48 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | 34.5 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | 30.5 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | 26 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | 24 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | 22 |
| 12 | Heikki Kovalainen | 22 |
| 13 | Robert Kubica | 17 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | 15 |
| 15 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 8 |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | 5 |
| 17 | Sebastien Buemi | 5 |
| 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | 2 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 161 |
| 2 |  Red Bull-Renault | 135.5 |
| 3 | McLaren-Mercedes | 71 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 70 |
| 5 | Toyota | 54.5 |
| 6 | Williams-Toyota | 34.5 |
| 7 | BMW Sauber-BMW | 32 |
| 8 | Renault | 26 |
| 9 |  Force India-Mercedes | 13 |
| 10 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 7 |
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)