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Australian Grand Prix

2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 of 17Albert Park Circuit, MelbourneMar 29 200958 laps

Podium

BARBrawn

BUTBrawn

TRUToyota

Key facts

WinnerBUT1:34:15.784 from P1

PoleBUT1:26.202

Fastest lapROS1:27.706 on lap 48

Pit stops39recorded stops

Finishers15 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	1	–	58	1:34:15.784	10	1:28.020	2
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	2	–	58	+0.807s	8	1:29.066	2
3	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	PL		58	+1.604s	6	1:28.916	2
4	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	PL		58	+4.435s	5	1:28.416	2
5	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	10	▲5	58	+4.879s	4	1:28.712	2
6	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	5	▼1	58	+5.722s	3	1:27.706	2
7	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	13	▲6	58	+6.004s	2	1:29.230	2
8	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	17	▲9	58	+6.298s	1	1:29.823	2
9	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	16	▲7	58	+6.335s		1:28.943	3
10	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	9	▼1	58	+7.085s		1:28.283	3
11	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	15	▲4	58	+7.374s		1:29.005	2
12	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	8	▼4	57	+1 lap		1:28.508	2
13	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	3	▼10	56	+2 laps		1:28.140	2
14	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	▼10	55	+3 laps		1:27.988	2
15	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	7	▼8	55	+3 laps		1:28.488	4
DNF	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	6		45	Suspension		1:29.141	2
DNF	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	14		24	Brakes		1:30.502	1
DNF	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	11		17	Accident		1:29.923
DNF	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	12		0	Collision damage		–
DSQ	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	18		58	Misled stewards		1:29.020	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HEI	44	19.3s
2	TRU	10	19.4s
3	GLO	50	19.7s
4	BUE	41	20.5s
5	ALO	51	20.7s
6	VET	45	20.7s
7	ROS	44	20.7s
8	KUB	39	20.9s
9	RAI	39	21.2s
10	HAM	43	21.3s
11	MAS	11	21.6s
12	FIS	49	22.0s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 39 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	1:25.211	1:24.855	1:26.202
2	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:25.006	1:24.783	1:26.505	+0.303s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:25.938	1:25.121	1:26.830	+0.628s
4	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:25.922	1:25.152	1:26.914	+0.712s
5	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:25.846	1:25.123	1:26.973	+0.771s
6	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.844	1:25.319	1:27.033	+0.831s
7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:25.899	1:25.380	1:27.163	+0.961s
8	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:25.427	1:25.241	1:27.246	+1.044s
9	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:25.827	1:25.504	–	+-0.698s
10	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:26.026	1:25.605	–	+-0.597s
11	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:26.074	1:25.607	–	+-0.595s
12	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:26.184	1:25.726	–	+-0.476s
13	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:26.454	–	–	+0.252s
14	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:26.503	–	–	+0.301s
15	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:26.598	–	–	+0.396s
16	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:26.677	–	–	+0.475s
17	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:26.742	–	–	+0.540s
18	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:26.964	–	–	+0.762s
19	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	–	–	–
20	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	–	–	–

Albert Park Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	David Coulthard	McLaren
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari

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