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2009 European Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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+2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes571hr 35m 51.289s10
2-1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes57+2.358s8
3+3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari57+15.994s6
4-2(FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes57+20.032s5
5+2(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota57+20.870s4
6+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault57+27.744s3
7-2(GBR) Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes57+34.913s2
8+2(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW57+36.667s1
9 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault57+44.910s 
10+2(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes57+47.935s 
11 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW57+48.822s 
12+4(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes57+1m 03.614s 
13+5(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota57+1m 04.527s 
14-1(DEU) Timo GlockToyota57+1m 26.519s 
15-1(FRA) Romain GrosjeanRenault57+1m 31.774s 
16+3(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1 lap 
17+3(ITA) Luca BadoerFerrari56+1 lap 
18-1(JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota54DNF 
R (CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari41DNF 
R (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault23DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2(FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes
4(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
5(GBR) Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes
6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
8(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
9(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
10(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
11(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
12(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
13(DEU) Timo GlockToyota
14(FRA) Romain GrosjeanRenault
15(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
16(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes
17(JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
19(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
20(ITA) Luca BadoerFerrari

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.498 
2(FIN) Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.5320.034
3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloBrawn GP-Mercedes1:39.5630.065
4(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:39.7890.291
5(GBR) Jenson ButtonBrawn GP-Mercedes1:39.8210.323
6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:40.1440.646
7(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:40.1850.687
8(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:40.2360.738
9(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:40.2390.741
10(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:40.5121.014
Q2
11(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:38.826 
12(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:38.846 
13(DEU) Timo GlockToyota1:38.991 
14(FRA) Romain GrosjeanRenault1:39.040 
15(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.514 
Q1
16(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:39.531 
17(JPN) Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota1:39.795 
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:39.807 
19(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.925 
20(ITA) Luca BadoerFerrari1:41.413 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jenson Button72
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello54
3(AUS) Mark Webber51.5
4(DEU) Sebastian Vettel47
5(DEU) Nico Rosberg29.5
6(GBR) Lewis Hamilton27
7(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen24
8(ITA) Jarno Trulli22.5
9(BRA) Felipe Massa22
10(DEU) Timo Glock16
11(ESP) Fernando Alonso16
12(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen14
13(DEU) Nick Heidfeld6
14(POL) Robert Kubica3
15(CHE) Sebastien Buemi3
16(FRA) Sebastien Bourdais2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Brawn GP-Mercedes126
2Red Bull-Renault98.5
3Ferrari46
4McLaren-Mercedes41
5Toyota38.5
6Williams-Toyota29.5
7Renault16
8BMW Sauber-BMW9
9Toro 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
1-2 start
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)