2009 Japanese Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 4 October 2009
Winner	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Circuit	Suzuka, 53 laps
Round	15 of 17
Race numbers	The 2009 Japanese Grand Prix was the 818th World Championship race 25th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix 21st World Championship race at Suzuka (first since 2006)
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	53	1hr 28m 20.443s	10
2		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+4.877s	8
3		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+6.472s	6
4	+1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+7.940s	5
5	+2	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	53	+8.793s	4
6	-2	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	53	+9.509s	3
7	-1	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	53	+10.641s	2
8	+2	Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	53	+11.474s	1
9		Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	53	+11.777s
10	+6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	53	+13.065s
11		Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+13.735s
12	+2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	53	+14.596s
13	-5	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	53	+14.959s
14	+4	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	53	+15.734s
15		Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	53	+17.973s
16	+1	Romain Grosjean	Renault	52	+1 lap
17	PL	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	51	+2 laps
R		Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	43	DNF
R		Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	11	DNF
Did not start
		Timo Glock	Toyota

Notes

Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button, and Fernando Alonso received five-place grid penalties for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags.
Heikki Kovalainen received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Sebastien Buemi received a five-place grid penalty for driving a damaged car and impeding other drivers in qualifying.
Vitantonio Liuzzi received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Mark Webber was required to start from the pit lane after a chassis change.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.160
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:32.220	0.060
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.395	0.235
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.466	0.306
5	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:32.660	0.500
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:32.945	0.785
7	Jenson Button	Brawn GP-Mercedes	1:32.962	0.802
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:32.980	0.820
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	–
10	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	–
Q2
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:31.482
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.638
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber-BMW	1:32.341
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	–
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	–
Q1
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:31.718
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.087
20	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	–

Driver	Constructor
Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota

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

Milestone race start: 50th for Lewis Hamilton (113th driver to start 50 races, 20th British driver), 50th for Heikki Kovalainen (114th driver to start 50 races, 7th Finnish driver), 50th for Adrian Sutil (115th drivers to start 50 races, 9th German driver)
Wins: 4th for Sebastian Vettel; 4th for Red Bull
Podiums: 26th for Lewis Hamilton, 11th and last for Jarno Trulli, 8th for Sebastian Vettel; 435th for McLaren, 16th for Red Bull, 13th and last for Toyota
Poles: 5th for Sebastian Vettel; 5th for Red Bull
Fastest laps: 2nd for Mark Webber; 4th for Red Bull
Front row starts: 14th and last for Jarno Trulli, 8th for Sebastian Vettel
Points finishes: 75th for Jenson Button, 25th for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win: 4th for Sebastian Vettel