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

2009 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 August 2009
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Timo Glock
  • Japan flag lazyload Toyota
CircuitValencia, 57 laps
Round11 of 17
Race numbers

The 2009 European Grand Prix was the

  • 814th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship European Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Valencia
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes571hr 35m 51.289s10
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes57+2.358s8
3+3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari57+15.994s6
4-2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes57+20.032s5
5+2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota57+20.870s4
6+2Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault57+27.744s3
7-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes57+34.913s2
8+2Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW57+36.667s1
9 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+44.910s 
10+2Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes57+47.935s 
11 Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW57+48.822s 
12+4Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes57+1m 03.614s 
13+5Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota57+1m 04.527s 
14-1Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota57+1m 26.519s 
15-1France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault57+1m 31.774s 
16+3Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1 lap 
17+3Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerFerrari56+1 lap 
18-1Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota54DNF 
R Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari41DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault23DNF 

Notes

  • Kazuki Nakajima ended lap 54 in P18 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.498 
2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.5320.034
3Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:39.5630.065
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:39.7890.291
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:39.8210.323
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:40.1440.646
7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:40.1850.687
8Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoRenault1:40.2360.738
9Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:40.2390.741
10Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:40.5121.014
Q2
11Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:38.826 
12Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:38.846 
13Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockToyota1:38.991 
14France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanRenault1:39.040 
15Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.514 
Q1
16Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:39.531 
17Japan flag lazyload Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:39.795 
18Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliToyota1:39.807 
19Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.925 
20Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerFerrari1:41.413 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button72
2Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello54
3Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber51.5
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel47
5Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg29.5
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton27
7Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen24
8Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli22.5
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa22
10Germany flag lazyload Timo Glock16
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso16
12Finland flag lazyload Heikki Kovalainen14
13Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld6
14Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica3
15Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi3
16France flag lazyload Sebastien Bourdais2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Brawn GP-Mercedes126
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault98.5
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari46
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes41
5Japan flag lazyload Toyota38.5
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Toyota29.5
7France flag lazyload Renault16
8Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-BMW9
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Romain Grosjean
Wins
10th for Rubens Barrichello (30th driver to win ten races, 5th Brazilian driver; first win since 2004; first for Brawn GP)
7th for Brawn GP
Podiums
67th for Rubens Barrichello, 60th for Kimi Raikkonen (7th driver to score 60 podiums, 1st Finnish driver), 24th for Lewis Hamilton
626th for Ferrari, 433rd for McLaren, 12th for Brawn GP
Poles
14th for Lewis Hamilton
142nd for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
59th for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st and only for Timo Glock (116th different fastest lap setter, 10th German driver)
3rd and last for Toyota
Front row starts
22nd for Lewis Hamilton, 5th and last for Heikki Kovalainen (last Finnish front row starter until 2013)

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Valencia circuit
  • 2009 World Championship season

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