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Japanese Grand Prix

2009 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 of 17Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 4 200953 laps

Podium

TRUToyota

VETRed Bull

HAMMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerVET1:28:20.443 from P1

PoleVET1:32.160

Fastest lapWEB1:32.569 on lap 50

Pit stops36recorded stops

Finishers17 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	–	53	1:28:20.443	10	1:32.572	2
2	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	2	–	53	+4.877s	8	1:33.152	2
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	3	–	53	+6.472s	6	1:33.259	2
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	▲1	53	+7.940s	5	1:32.999	2
5	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	7	▲2	53	+8.793s	4	1:33.595	2
6	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	4	▼2	53	+9.509s	3	1:33.600	2
7	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	6	▼1	53	+10.641s	2	1:33.910	2
8	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	10	▲2	53	+11.474s	1	1:33.251	2
9	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	9	–	53	+11.777s		1:33.334	2
10	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	16	▲6	53	+13.065s		1:33.946	1
11	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	11	–	53	+13.735s		1:33.801	2
12	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	14	▲2	53	+14.596s		1:33.479	2
13	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	8	▼5	53	+14.959s		1:33.668	2
14	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	18	▲4	53	+15.734s		1:34.294	2
15	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	15	–	53	+17.973s		1:34.783	1
16	GRORomain Grosjean	Renault	17	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:34.643	1
17	WEBMark Webber	Red Bull	PL		51	+2 laps		1:32.569	5
DNF	ALGJaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	12		43	Accident		1:34.049	2
DNF	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	13		11	Clutch		1:35.392
DNS	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	–		0	Injury		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	ALG	43	23.2s
2	LIU	43	23.2s
3	BAR	42	23.4s
4	TRU	39	23.8s
5	BUT	40	23.8s
6	HAM	37	23.8s
7	WEB	4	24.1s
8	SUT	39	24.2s
9	KUB	26	24.2s
10	LIU	25	24.3s
11	FIS	39	24.4s
12	RAI	35	24.6s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 36 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160
2	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220	+0.060s
3	HAMLewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395	+0.235s
4	SUTAdrian Sutil	Force India	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466	+0.306s
5	BARRubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660	+0.500s
6	HEINick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945	+0.785s
7	BUTJenson Button	Brawn	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962	+0.802s
8	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.228	1:31.052	1:32.980	+0.820s
9	KOVHeikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31.499	1:31.223	–	+-0.937s
10	BUESébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31.196	1:31.103	–	+-1.057s
11	ROSNico Rosberg	Williams	1:31.286	1:31.482	–	+-0.678s
12	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	1:31.638	–	+-0.522s
13	KUBRobert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	1:32.341	–	+0.181s
14	GLOTimo Glock	Toyota	1:31.550	–	–	+-0.610s
15	ALGJaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:31.571	–	–	+-0.589s
16	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704	–	–	+-0.456s
17	NAKKazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:31.718	–	–	+-0.442s
18	GRORomain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073	–	–	+-0.087s
19	LIUVitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:32.087	–	–	+-0.073s

Suzuka Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

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