2009 Japanese Grand Prix

Round

15/17

Date

Oct 4, 2009 at 00:00 CEST

Location

Suzuka, Japan

Circuit

Suzuka Circuit

Circuit length

5.807 m (18 turns)

Race distance

307.573 km (53 laps)

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Vettel

Winner

1:28:20.443

Winning time

Vettel

Pole position

Webber

Fastest lap

1:32.569

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:28:20.443	1st	53	10
2	#9 Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+4.877	2nd	53	8
3	#1 Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+6.472	3rd	53	6
4	#4 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+7.940	5th	53	5
5	#16 Nico Rosberg	Williams	+8.793	7th	53	4
6	#6 Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	+9.509	4th	53	3
7	#23 Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	+10.641	6th	53	2
8	#22 Jenson Button	Brawn	+11.474	10th	53	1
9	#5 Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	+11.777	9th	53
10	#7 Fernando Alonso	Renault	+13.065	16th	53
11	#2 Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	+13.735	11th	53
12	#3 Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	+14.596	14th	53
13	#20 Adrian Sutil	Force India	+14.959	8th	53
14	#21 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	+15.734	18th	53
15	#17 Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	+17.973	15th	53
16	#8 Romain Grosjean	Renault	+1 lap	17th	52
17	#14 Mark Webber	Red Bull	+2 laps	PL	51
DNF	#11 Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Accident	12th	43
DNF	#12 Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Clutch	13th	11
DNS	#10 Timo Glock	Toyota	Injury

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Laps
1	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160		14
2	#9 Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220	+0.060	20
3	#1 Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395	+0.235	21
4	#20 Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466	+0.306	20
5	#23 Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660	+0.500	18
6	#6 Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945	+0.785	19
7	#22 Jenson Button	Brawn	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962	+0.802	18
8	#4 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.228	1:31.052	1:32.980	+0.820	23
9	#2 Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31.499	1:31.223			21
10	#12 Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31.196	1:31.103			12
11	#16 Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:31.286	1:31.482			17
12	#7 Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	1:31.638			14
13	#5 Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	1:32.341			15
14	#10 Timo Glock	Toyota	1:31.550				13
15	#11 Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:31.571				14
16	#3 Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704				11
17	#17 Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:31.718				8
18	#8 Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073				8
19	#21 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:32.087				9

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#9 Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.709		24
2	#12 Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31.771	+0.062	26
3	#16 Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:32.343	+0.634	28
4	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.414	+0.705	19
5	#4 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.445	+0.736	26
6	#20 Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.467	+0.758	25
7	#23 Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:32.488	+0.779	24
8	#2 Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:32.546	+0.837	22
9	#22 Jenson Button	Brawn	1:32.668	+0.959	25
10	#11 Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:32.689	+0.980	20
11	#8 Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.717	+1.008	25
12	#6 Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:32.736	+1.027	21
13	#7 Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:32.742	+1.033	21
14	#10 Timo Glock	Toyota	1:32.749	+1.040	26
15	#17 Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:32.752	+1.043	23
16	#1 Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.789	+1.080	19
17	#5 Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32.848	+1.139	20
18	#3 Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:32.878	+1.169	26
19	#14 Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:32.930	+1.221	15
20	#21 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:33.167	+1.458	18

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#20 Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:47.261		5
2	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:47.923	+0.662	6
3	#21 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:47.931	+0.670	5
4	#1 Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:47.983	+0.722	5
5	#17 Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:48.058	+0.797	8
6	#12 Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:48.691	+1.430	9
7	#7 Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:48.693	+1.432	5
8	#9 Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:48.737	+1.476	7
9	#11 Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:48.802	+1.541	11
10	#5 Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:48.861	+1.600	6
11	#4 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:48.886	+1.625	5
12	#10 Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:49.054	+1.793	7
13	#14 Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:49.382	+2.121	7
14	#8 Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:49.405	+2.144	6
15	#3 Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:49.553	+2.292	5
16	#16 Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:49.872	+2.611	8
17	#6 Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:50.179	+2.918	10

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#2 Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:40.356		24
2	#17 Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:40.648	+0.292	18
3	#20 Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:40.806	+0.450	14
4	#3 Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:40.985	+0.629	27
5	#12 Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:41.421	+1.065	26
6	#1 Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:41.443	+1.087	15
7	#7 Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:41.532	+1.176	22
8	#4 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:41.577	+1.221	25
9	#23 Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:41.821	+1.465	19
10	#16 Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:42.188	+1.832	20
11	#14 Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:42.332	+1.976	10
12	#21 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:42.475	+2.119	15
13	#9 Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:42.657	+2.301	13
14	#11 Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:42.667	+2.311	27
15	#5 Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:42.833	+2.477	17
16	#6 Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:42.977	+2.621	14
17	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:43.218	+2.862	11
18	#22 Jenson Button	Brawn	1:43.318	+2.962	17
19	#10 Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:43.407	+3.051	16
20	#8 Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:43.572	+3.216	22

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#14 Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:32.569		50
2	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.572	+0.003	43
3	#4 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.999	+0.430	33
4	#9 Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:33.152	+0.583	38
5	#22 Jenson Button	Brawn	1:33.251	+0.682	42
6	#1 Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33.259	+0.690	13
7	#5 Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:33.334	+0.765	44
8	#3 Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:33.479	+0.910	33
9	#16 Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:33.595	+1.026	43
10	#6 Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:33.600	+1.031	13
11	#20 Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:33.668	+1.099	36
12	#2 Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:33.801	+1.232	35
13	#23 Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:33.910	+1.341	17
14	#7 Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:33.946	+1.377	28
15	#11 Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:34.049	+1.480	34
16	#21 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:34.294	+1.725	36
17	#8 Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:34.643	+2.074	39
18	#17 Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:34.783	+2.214	26
19	#12 Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:35.392	+2.823	5

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Jenson Button	Brawn	6	8	85
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	2	6	71	-14
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	3	7	69	-16
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1	6	51.5	-33.5
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1	5	45	-40
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	4	43	-42
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	0	0	34.5	-50.5
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	0	3	30.5	-54.5
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	0	1	26	-59
10	Timo Glock	Toyota	0	2	24	-61
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	0	1	22	-63
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	0	0	22	-63
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	0	1	15	-70
14	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	0	0	9	-76
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	0	1	8	-77
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India	0	0	5	-80
17	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	0	0	3	-82
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	0	0	2	-83
19	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	0	0	0	-85
20	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	0	0	0	-85
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	0	0	0	-85
22	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	0	0	0	-85
23	Romain Grosjean	Renault	0	0	0	-85
24	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	0	0	0	-85

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Brawn	Mercedes	8	14	156
2	Red Bull	Renault	4	13	120.5	-35.5
3	Ferrari	Ferrari	1	6	67	-89
4	McLaren	Mercedes	2	4	65	-91
5	Toyota	Toyota	0	5	54.5	-101.5
6	Williams	Toyota	0	0	34.5	-121.5
7	Renault	Renault	0	1	26	-130
8	BMW Sauber	BMW	0	1	24	-132
9	Force India	Mercedes	0	1	13	-143
10	Toro Rosso	Ferrari	0	0	5	-151

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2002	#1 Michael Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen	1:36.125 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2001	#1 Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	David Coulthard	1:36.944 - Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2000	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	1:39.189 - Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
1999	#1 Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	1:41.319 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1998	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard	1:40.190 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1997	#5 Michael Schumacher	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Eddie Irvine	1:38.942 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jacques Villeneuve
1996	#5 Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	1:44.043 - Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve
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1990	#20 Nelson Piquet	Roberto Moreno	Aguri Suzuki	1:44.233 - Riccardo Patrese	Ayrton Senna
1989	#19 Alessandro Nannini	Riccardo Patrese	Thierry Boutsen	1:43.506 - Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
1988	#12 Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Thierry Boutsen	1:46.326 - Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
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The 2009 Japanese Grand Prix started Oct 4, 2009 on Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. Sebastian Vettel started from pole position with Jarno Trulli next to him. Lewis Hamilton started from third place.

In 1 hour, 28 minutes and 20 seconds Sebastian Vettel finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Jarno Trulli in second and Lewis Hamilton in third place.

After the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 85 points. Button is 14 points ahead of Rubens Barrichello.