Chinese Grand Prix 2009

Shanghai
19 April 2009
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:36.184
Fastest lapRubens Barrichello1:52.592 · lap 42
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	15	Red Bull · Renault	1	56	1:57:43.485	10
2	Mark Webber	14	Red Bull · Renault	3	56	+10.970	8
3	Jenson Button	22	Brawn · Mercedes	5	56	+44.975	6
4	Rubens Barrichellofastest lap	23	Brawn · Mercedes	4	56	+1:03.704	5
5	Heikki Kovalainen	2	McLaren · Mercedes	12	56	+1:05.102	4
6	Lewis Hamilton	1	McLaren · Mercedes	9	56	+1:11.866	3
7	Timo Glock	10	Toyota	19	56	+1:14.476	2
8	Sébastien Buemi	12	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	10	56	+1:16.439	1
9	Fernando Alonso	7	Renault	2	56	+1:24.309
10	Kimi Räikkönen	4	Ferrari	8	56	+1:31.750
11	Sébastien Bourdais	11	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	15	56	+1:34.156
12	Nick Heidfeld	6	BMW Sauber · BMW	11	56	+1:35.834
13	Robert Kubica	5	BMW Sauber · BMW	17	56	+1:46.853
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	21	Force India · Mercedes	20	55	+1 lap
15	Nico Rosberg	16	Williams · Toyota	7	55	+1 lap
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	8	Renault	16	54	+2 laps
17	Adrian Sutil	20	Force India · Mercedes	18	50	Accident
DNF	Kazuki Nakajima	17	Williams · Toyota	14	43	Transmission
DNF	Felipe Massa	3	Ferrari	13	20	Electrical
DNF	Jarno Trulli	9	Toyota	6	18	Collision damage

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Sebastian Vettel 49, Jenson Button 5, Mark Webber 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	49
Mark Webber	3	2	3	3	2	2
Jenson Button	5	3	2	2	3	5
Rubens Barrichello	4	4	6	4	4
Heikki Kovalainen	12	10	5	7	5
Lewis Hamilton	9	9	4	6	6
Timo Glock	19	12	16	10	7
Sébastien Buemi	10	5	7	5	8
Fernando Alonso	2	17	8	11	9
Kimi Räikkönen	8	8	15	12	10
Sébastien Bourdais	15	11	9	13	11
Nick Heidfeld	11	19	13	9	12
Robert Kubica	17	16	11	15	13
Giancarlo Fisichella	20	14	12	16	14
Nico Rosberg	7	20	14	14	15
Nelson Piquet Jr.	16	18	18	18	16
Adrian Sutil	18	15	10	8	17
Kazuki Nakajima	14	13	17	17	out
Felipe Massa	13	6	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	6	7	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 80 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mark Webber	+11.3	+11.2	+14.7	+11.0
Jenson Button	+13.6	+9.9	+8.0	+45.0
Rubens Barrichello	+23.1	+26.0	+17.0	+63.7
Heikki Kovalainen	+39.4	+24.0	+48.6	+65.1
Lewis Hamilton	+37.4	+19.4	+45.8	+71.9
Timo Glock	+45.1	+55.6	+57.8	+74.5
Sébastien Buemi	+30.6	+28.7	+32.4	+76.4
Fernando Alonso	+50.3	+29.9	+63.6	+84.3
Kimi Räikkönen	+36.8	+54.2	+64.9	+91.8
Sébastien Bourdais	+40.9	+38.5	+72.0	+94.2
Nick Heidfeld	+56.3	+46.3	+52.3	+95.8
Robert Kubica	+49.7	+41.6	+93.6	+106.9
Giancarlo Fisichella	+48.0	+44.8	+99.2	+141.7
Nico Rosberg	+57.9	+48.6	+92.3	+163.9
Nelson Piquet Jr.	+54.8	+94.6	+155.4	+265.3
Adrian Sutil	+48.7	+38.9	+49.3	+66.0
Kazuki Nakajima	+46.6	+57.8	+151.0	out
Felipe Massa	+32.8	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	+36.3	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.565	1:35.130	1:36.184
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.443	1:35.803	1:36.381
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.751	1:35.173	1:36.466
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:35.701	1:35.503	1:36.493
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:35.533	1:35.556	1:36.532
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.308	1:35.645	1:36.835
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:35.941	1:35.809	1:37.397
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.137	1:35.856	1:38.089
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.776	1:35.740	1:38.595
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.284	1:35.965	1:39.321
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.525	1:35.975
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36.646	1:36.032
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.178	1:36.033
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:36.364	1:36.066
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.673	1:36.193
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.906
17	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.908
18	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.966
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.669
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:37.672

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Timo Glock	P14	P19	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Heikki Kovalainen	1	34	25.139 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	33	26.650 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	33	28.214 s
Nick Heidfeld	1	18	28.815 s
Timo Glock	1	24	29.534 s
Sébastien Bourdais	1	30	29.588 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	30.038 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	19, 43	25.105 s
Sébastien Buemi	2	19, 45	25.109 s
Mark Webber	2	14, 39	26.060 s
Jenson Button	2	19, 42	26.177 s
Fernando Alonso	2	7, 35	26.291 s
Kazuki Nakajima	2	32, 40	27.493 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	15, 37	27.906 s
Adrian Sutil	2	4, 19	29.271 s
Robert Kubica	2	17, 35	31.839 s
Nico Rosberg	3	5, 40, 48	25.038 s
Nelson Piquet Jr.	3	21, 28, 45	27.889 s

Every stop, lap by lap (31)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
4	Adrian Sutil	1	29.271 s
5	Nico Rosberg	1	28.515 s
7	Fernando Alonso	1	35.638 s
14	Mark Webber	1	28.688 s
15	Sebastian Vettel	1	27.906 s
17	Robert Kubica	1	37.122 s
18	Nick Heidfeld	1	28.815 s
19	Jenson Button	1	28.345 s
19	Rubens Barrichello	1	29.162 s
19	Sébastien Buemi	1	29.707 s
19	Adrian Sutil	2	30.660 s
21	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	27.889 s
24	Timo Glock	1	29.534 s
27	Kimi Räikkönen	1	30.038 s
28	Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	37.897 s
30	Sébastien Bourdais	1	29.588 s
32	Kazuki Nakajima	1	27.493 s
33	Lewis Hamilton	1	26.650 s
33	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	28.214 s
34	Heikki Kovalainen	1	25.139 s
35	Fernando Alonso	2	26.291 s
35	Robert Kubica	2	31.839 s
37	Sebastian Vettel	2	27.953 s
39	Mark Webber	2	26.060 s
40	Nico Rosberg	2	26.434 s
40	Kazuki Nakajima	2	28.736 s
42	Jenson Button	2	26.177 s
43	Rubens Barrichello	2	25.105 s
45	Sébastien Buemi	2	25.109 s
45	Nelson Piquet Jr.	3	52.114 s
48	Nico Rosberg	3	25.038 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Rubens Barrichello	42	1:52.592
2	Sebastian Vettel	42	1:52.627	+0.035
3	Timo Glock	42	1:52.703	+0.111
4	Mark Webber	42	1:52.980	+0.388
5	Sébastien Bourdais	43	1:53.474	+0.882
6	Jenson Button	44	1:53.546	+0.954
7	Nick Heidfeld	40	1:54.158	+1.566
8	Nico Rosberg	55	1:54.243	+1.651
9	Fernando Alonso	38	1:54.481	+1.889
10	Heikki Kovalainen	41	1:54.516	+1.924

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jenson Button	21
2	Rubens Barrichello	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	10	▲13
4	Timo Glock	10
5	Mark Webber	9.5	▲4
6	Jarno Trulli	8.5	▼3
7	Nick Heidfeld	4	▼2
8	Fernando Alonso	4	▼2
9	Heikki Kovalainen	4
10	Lewis Hamilton	4

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Brawn	36
2	Red Bull	19.5	▲5
3	Toyota	18.5	▼1
4	McLaren	8	▲4
5	BMW Sauber	4	▼2
6	Renault	4	▼2
7	Toro Rosso	4	▼1
8	Williams	3.5	▼3
9	Ferrari	0	▲1
10	Force India	0	▼1