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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Round 17 of 17Yas Marina Circuit, Abu DhabiNov 1 200955 laps

Podium

WEBRed Bull

VETRed Bull

BUTBrawn

Key facts

WinnerVET1:34:03.414 from P2

PoleHAM1:40.948

Fastest lapVET1:40.279 on lap 54

Pit stops31recorded stops

Finishers18 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2	▲1	55	1:34:03.414	10	1:40.279	2
2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	3	▲1	55	+17.857s	8	1:40.571	2
3	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	5	▲2	55	+18.467s	6	1:40.642	2
4	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	4	–	55	+22.735s	5	1:40.449	2
5	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	8	▲3	55	+26.253s	4	1:40.672	2
6	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Toyota	12	▲6	55	+28.343s	3	1:40.779	1
7	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	6	▼1	55	+34.366s	2	1:40.723	2
8	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	10	▲2	55	+41.294s	1	1:40.326	2
9	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	9	–	55	+45.941s		1:40.997	2
10	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	7	▼3	55	+48.180s		1:40.924	2
11	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	18	▲7	55	+52.798s		1:41.316	1
12	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	11	▼1	55	+54.317s		1:40.843	1
13	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	13	–	55	+59.839s		1:40.754	1
14	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	15	▲1	55	+69.687s		1:40.757	1
15	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	16	▲1	55	+94.450s		1:41.277	1
16	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	20	▲4	54	+1 lap		1:41.132	2
17	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	17	–	54	+1 lap		1:40.904	2
18	GRORomain Grosjean	Renault	19	▲1	54	+1 lap		1:42.274	1
DNF	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1		20	Brakes		1:40.367	1
DNF	ALGJaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	14		18	Gearbox		1:43.318	1

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	FIS	31	12.9s
2	ALG	18	17.2s
3	BUT	42	22.4s
4	TRU	42	22.4s
5	HEI	41	22.6s
6	SUT	41	23.3s
7	BAR	41	23.4s
8	BUE	41	23.5s
9	KUB	39	23.9s
10	ROS	18	24.0s
11	WEB	40	24.1s
12	VET	42	24.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 31 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.873	1:39.695	1:40.948
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:40.666	1:39.984	1:41.615	+0.667s
3	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:40.667	1:40.272	1:41.726	+0.778s
4	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:40.574	1:40.421	1:41.786	+0.838s
5	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	1:40.378	1:40.148	1:41.892	+0.944s
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:40.517	1:40.373	1:41.897	+0.949s
7	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:40.520	1:40.545	1:41.992	+1.044s
8	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:40.558	1:40.635	1:42.343	+1.395s
9	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:40.842	1:40.661	1:42.583	+1.635s
10	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:40.908	1:40.430	1:42.713	+1.765s
11	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:41.100	1:40.726	–	+-0.222s
12	KOBKamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:41.035	1:40.777	–	+-0.171s
13	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:40.808	1:40.983	–	+0.035s
14	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:41.096	1:41.148	–	+0.200s
15	ALGJaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:41.503	1:41.689	–	+0.741s
16	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:41.667	–	–	+0.719s
17	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:41.701	–	–	+0.753s
18	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:41.863	–	–	+0.915s
19	GRORomain Grosjean	Renault	1:41.950	–	–	+1.002s
20	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:42.184	–	–	+1.236s

Yas Marina Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2009. Outline from F1DB.

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