Race · Round 1 of 17 · 29 March 2009

2009 Australian Grand Prix

Jenson Button won for Brawn GP from pole at Albert Park. 5 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Brawn GP.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner: Jenson ButtonBrawn GP
Pole: Jenson Button
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	BGP 001	1	58	Finished	10
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	BGP 001	2	58	Finished	8
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF109	PL	58	Finished	6
4	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF109	PL	58	Finished	5
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R29	10	58	Finished	4
6	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW31	5	58	Finished	3	fastest lap
7	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	13	58	Finished	2
8	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	17	58	Finished	1
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM02	16	58	Finished	0
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.09	9	58	Finished	0
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	VJM02	15	58	Finished	0
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB5	8	57	Finished	0
13	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB5	3	56	Collision damage	0
14	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.09	4	55	Collision damage	0
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F60	7	55	Differential	0
DSQ	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-24	18	58	Misled stewards	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F60	6	45	Suspension	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	R29	14	24	Brakes	0
DNF	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW31	11	17	Accident	0
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-24	12	0	Collision damage	0

F1DB layout melbourne-1 · 5.303 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Jenson Button	1	1	58
Rubens Barrichello	2	2	58
Jarno Trulli	PL	3	58
Timo Glock	PL	4	58
Fernando Alonso	10	5	58
Nico Rosberg	5	6	58
Sébastien Buemi	13	7	58
Sébastien Bourdais	17	8	58
Adrian Sutil	16	9	58
Nick Heidfeld	9	10	58
Giancarlo Fisichella	15	11	58
Mark Webber	8	12	57
Sebastian Vettel	3	13	56
Robert Kubica	4	14	55
Kimi Raikkonen	7	15	55
Sir Lewis Hamilton	18	DSQ	58
Felipe Massa	6	DNF	45
Nelson Piquet Jr.	14	DNF	24
Kazuki Nakajima	11	DNF	17
Heikki Kovalainen	12	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:25.211	1:24.855	1:26.202	—	0 m	—
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:25.006	1:24.783	1:26.505	+0.303	19 m	+0.303
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:25.938	1:25.121	1:26.830	+0.628	39 m	+0.325
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:25.922	1:25.152	1:26.914	+0.712	44 m	+0.084
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:25.846	1:25.123	1:26.973	+0.771	47 m	+0.059
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	3	1:25.844	1:25.319	1:27.033	+0.831	51 m	+0.060
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:25.899	1:25.380	1:27.163	+0.961	59 m	+0.130
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:25.427	1:25.241	1:27.246	+1.044	64 m	+0.083
9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:25.827	1:25.504	—	—	45 m	—
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:26.026	1:25.605	—	—	51 m	—
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:26.074	1:25.607	—	—	52 m	—
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:26.184	1:25.726	—	—	59 m	—
13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:26.454	—	—	—	90 m	—
14	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:26.503	—	—	—	93 m	—
15	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	8	1:26.598	—	—	—	99 m	—
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:26.677	—	—	—	104 m	—
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:26.742	—	—	—	108 m	—
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:26.964	—	—	—	122 m	—
EX	Timo Glock	Toyota	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
EX	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	—	—	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Jenson Button	1	58	2	19, 47	27.4, 26.4
Rubens Barrichello	2	58	2	18, 51	35.8, 22.2
Jarno Trulli	3	58	2	10, 33	19.4, 22.4
Timo Glock	4	58	2	18, 50	23.1, 19.7
Fernando Alonso	5	58	2	19, 51	34.7, 20.7
Nico Rosberg	6	58	2	16, 44	34.7, 20.7
Sébastien Buemi	7	58	2	18, 41	22.2, 20.5
Sébastien Bourdais	8	58	2	9, 21	22.3, 22.8
Adrian Sutil	9	58	3	1, 22, 34	25.4, 24.3, 23.9
Nick Heidfeld	10	58	3	1, 18, 44	25.9, 32.5, 19.3
Giancarlo Fisichella	11	58	2	19, 49	42.7, 22.0
Mark Webber	12	57	2	1, 35	45.8, 23.4
Sebastian Vettel	13	56	2	16, 45	25.5, 20.7
Robert Kubica	14	55	2	12, 39	22.5, 20.9
Kimi Raikkonen	15	55	4	10, 39, 43, 55	23.5, 21.2, 35.9, 23.4
Sir Lewis Hamilton	DSQ	58	2	11, 43	25.4, 21.3
Felipe Massa	DNF	45	2	11, 31	21.6, 24.8
Nelson Piquet Jr.	DNF	24	1	19	25.0
Kazuki Nakajima	DNF	17	0	None recorded	—
Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Jenson Button · Rubens Barrichello	1 · 2	1 · 2	19 · 18	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	2 · 13	18 · 16	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Fernando Alonso	5 · 10	6 · 5	16 · 19	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Fernando Alonso	9 · 10	10 · 5	1 · 19	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Nico Rosberg	4 · 5	14 · 6	12 · 16	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Sébastien Buemi	5 · 13	6 · 7	16 · 18	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sébastien Buemi · Sébastien Bourdais	13 · 17	7 · 8	18 · 9	Sébastien Bourdais	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Sébastien Bourdais	16 · 17	9 · 8	1 · 9	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Adrian Sutil	9 · 16	10 · 9	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Adrian Sutil	15 · 16	11 · 9	19 · 1	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Nick Heidfeld	8 · 9	12 · 10	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Giancarlo Fisichella	9 · 15	10 · 11	1 · 19	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Giancarlo Fisichella	8 · 15	12 · 11	1 · 19	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	3 · 8	13 · 12	16 · 1	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Mark Webber	7 · 8	15 · 12	10 · 1	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Robert Kubica	3 · 4	13 · 14	16 · 12	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 7	14 · 15	12 · 10	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:26.687	—	0 m	—	19
2	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:26.736	+0.049	3 m	+0.049	21
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:26.750	+0.063	4 m	+0.014	24
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:27.226	+0.539	33 m	+0.476	21
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:27.453	+0.766	47 m	+0.227	15
6	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:27.467	+0.780	48 m	+0.014	12
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	3	1:27.642	+0.955	58 m	+0.175	24
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	10	1:27.710	+1.023	63 m	+0.068	24
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:27.993	+1.306	80 m	+0.283	20
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:28.123	+1.436	88 m	+0.130	16
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:28.137	+1.450	89 m	+0.014	20
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:28.142	+1.455	89 m	+0.005	21
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:28.511	+1.824	112 m	+0.369	22
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:28.603	+1.916	117 m	+0.092	16
15	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:28.785	+2.098	128 m	+0.182	27
16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:29.042	+2.355	144 m	+0.257	18
17	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:29.081	+2.394	146 m	+0.039	7
18	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	8	1:29.461	+2.774	170 m	+0.380	25
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:29.499	+2.812	172 m	+0.038	21
20	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:32.784	+6.097	373 m	+3.285	4

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:26.053	—	0 m	—	36
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:26.157	+0.104	6 m	+0.104	38
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:26.350	+0.297	18 m	+0.193	42
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:26.370	+0.317	20 m	+0.020	30
5	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:26.374	+0.321	20 m	+0.004	38
6	Timo Glock	Toyota	10	1:26.443	+0.390	24 m	+0.069	42
7	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:26.560	+0.507	31 m	+0.117	33
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:26.740	+0.687	42 m	+0.180	19
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:27.040	+0.987	61 m	+0.300	31
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	3	1:27.064	+1.011	62 m	+0.024	35
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:27.204	+1.151	71 m	+0.140	32
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:27.232	+1.179	73 m	+0.028	28
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:27.282	+1.229	76 m	+0.050	32
14	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:27.317	+1.264	78 m	+0.035	34
15	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:27.398	+1.345	83 m	+0.081	36
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:27.479	+1.426	88 m	+0.081	36
17	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:27.802	+1.749	108 m	+0.323	35
18	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:27.813	+1.760	108 m	+0.011	31
19	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	8	1:27.828	+1.775	109 m	+0.015	35
20	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:28.076	+2.023	125 m	+0.248	33

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:25.808	—	0 m	—	21
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:25.811	+0.003	0 m	+0.003	19
3	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:25.981	+0.173	11 m	+0.170	20
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	3	1:26.020	+0.212	13 m	+0.039	17
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:26.078	+0.270	17 m	+0.058	18
6	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:26.348	+0.540	33 m	+0.270	19
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:26.355	+0.547	34 m	+0.007	16
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	10	1:26.410	+0.602	37 m	+0.055	25
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:26.514	+0.706	44 m	+0.104	18
10	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:26.555	+0.747	46 m	+0.041	19
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:26.652	+0.844	52 m	+0.097	13
12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:26.714	+0.906	56 m	+0.062	18
13	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:27.009	+1.201	74 m	+0.295	12
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:27.062	+1.254	77 m	+0.053	12
15	Sébastien Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:27.152	+1.344	83 m	+0.090	16
16	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:27.192	+1.384	86 m	+0.040	17
17	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:27.357	+1.549	96 m	+0.165	18
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	21	1:27.492	+1.684	104 m	+0.135	20
19	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	8	1:27.739	+1.931	119 m	+0.247	22
20	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:28.801	+2.993	185 m	+1.062	5

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2009
Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix
Dates: 29 Mar 2009
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Brawn GP
Entrant: Brawn-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.