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Chinese Grand Prix

2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

Round 3 of 17Shanghai International Circuit, ShanghaiApr 19 200956 laps

Podium

WEBRed Bull

VETRed Bull

BUTBrawn

Key facts

WinnerVET1:57:43.485 from P1

PoleVET1:36.184

Fastest lapBAR1:52.592 on lap 42

Pit stops31recorded stops

Finishers17 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	–	56	1:57:43.485	10	1:52.627	2
2	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	3	▲1	56	+10.970s	8	1:52.980	2
3	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	5	▲2	56	+44.975s	6	1:53.546	2
4	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	4	–	56	+63.704s	5	1:52.592	2
5	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	12	▲7	56	+65.102s	4	1:54.516	1
6	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	9	▲3	56	+71.866s	3	1:54.665	1
7	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	19	▲12	56	+74.476s	2	1:52.703	1
8	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	10	▲2	56	+76.439s	1	1:54.590	2
9	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	2	▼7	56	+84.309s		1:54.481	2
10	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	8	▼2	56	+91.750s		1:55.396	1
11	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	15	▲4	56	+94.156s		1:53.474	1
12	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	11	▼1	56	+95.834s		1:54.158	1
13	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	17	▲4	56	+106.853s		1:55.350	2
14	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	20	▲6	55	+1 lap		1:56.239	1
15	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	7	▼8	55	+1 lap		1:54.243	3
16	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	16	–	54	+2 laps		1:55.535	3
17	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	18	▲1	50	+6 laps		1:54.777	2
DNF	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	14		43	Transmission		1:56.167	2
DNF	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	13		20	Electrical		1:56.484
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	6		18	Collision damage		2:00.330

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	ROS	48	25.0s
2	BAR	43	25.1s
3	BUE	45	25.1s
4	KOV	34	25.1s
5	WEB	39	26.1s
6	BUT	42	26.2s
7	ALO	35	26.3s
8	ROS	40	26.4s
9	HAM	33	26.6s
10	NAK	32	27.5s
11	PIQ	21	27.9s
12	VET	15	27.9s

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

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.565	1:35.130	1:36.184
2	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.443	1:35.803	1:36.381	+0.197s
3	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.751	1:35.173	1:36.466	+0.282s
4	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:35.701	1:35.503	1:36.493	+0.309s
5	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	1:35.533	1:35.556	1:36.532	+0.348s
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.308	1:35.645	1:36.835	+0.651s
7	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:35.941	1:35.809	1:37.397	+1.213s
8	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.137	1:35.856	1:38.089	+1.905s
9	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.776	1:35.740	1:38.595	+2.411s
10	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.284	1:35.965	1:39.321	+3.137s
11	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.525	1:35.975	–	+-0.209s
12	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36.646	1:36.032	–	+-0.152s
13	MASFelipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.178	1:36.033	–	+-0.151s
14	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:36.364	1:36.066	–	+-0.118s
15	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.673	1:36.193	–	+0.009s
16	BOUSébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.906	–	–	+0.722s
17	PIQNelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.908	–	–	+0.724s
18	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.966	–	–	+0.782s
19	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.669	–	–	+1.485s
20	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:37.672	–	–	+1.488s

Shanghai International Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2005	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2004	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

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