Seasons/17 races

2009 season

Title decided in round 16

‹ 2008 2010 ›

World ChampionJenson Button95 points · 6 wins
Constructors' championBrawn172 points

Races17
Different winners6
Pole-sitters8
Not classified17%59 of 338 starts

Points: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight.

The title was decided in round 16: Brazilian Grand Prix on 18 Oct 2009.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Jenson Button	10	15	21	31	41	51	61	64	68	70	72	72	80	84	85	89	95
Sebastian Vettel	0	0	10	18	23	23	29	39	47	47	47	53	54	59	69	74	84
Rubens Barrichello	8	10	15	19	27	35	35	41	44	44	54	56	66	69	71	72	77
Mark Webber	0	1.5	9.5	9.5	15.5	19.5	27.5	35.5	45.5	51.5	51.5	51.5	51.5	51.5	51.5	61.5	69.5
Lewis Hamilton	0	1	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	19	27	27	27	37	43	49	49
Kimi Räikkönen	0	0	0	3	3	9	9	10	10	18	24	34	40	40	45	48	48
Nico Rosberg	3	3.5	3.5	3.5	4.5	7.5	11.5	15.5	20.5	25.5	29.5	30.5	30.5	30.5	34.5	34.5	34.5
Jarno Trulli	6	8.5	8.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	19.5	21.5	21.5	22.5	22.5	22.5	22.5	22.5	30.5	30.5	32.5
Fernando Alonso	4	4	4	5	9	11	11	11	13	13	16	16	20	26	26	26	26
Timo Glock	5	8	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	24	24	24	24
Felipe Massa	0	0	0	0	3	8	11	16	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Heikki Kovalainen	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	14	17	20	22	22	22	22
Nick Heidfeld	0	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	12	12	15	15	19
Robert Kubica	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	8	8	9	9	17	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sébastien Buemi	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	6
Adrian Sutil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	5
Kamui Kobayashi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Sébastien Bourdais	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kazuki Nakajima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Piquet Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitantonio Liuzzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romain Grosjean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaime Alguersuari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luca Badoer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The constructors' championship, round by round

Brawn172
Red Bull153.5
McLaren71
Ferrari70
Toyota59.5
BMW Sauber36
Williams34.5
Renault26
2 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Brawn	18	25	36	50	68	86	96	105	112	114	126	128	146	153	156	161	172
Red Bull	0	1.5	19.5	27.5	38.5	42.5	56.5	74.5	92.5	98.5	98.5	104.5	105.5	110.5	120.5	135.5	153.5
McLaren	0	1	8	13	13	13	13	13	14	28	41	44	47	59	65	71	71
Ferrari	0	0	0	3	6	17	20	26	32	40	46	56	62	62	67	70	70
Toyota	11	16.5	18.5	26.5	26.5	26.5	32.5	34.5	34.5	38.5	38.5	38.5	38.5	46.5	54.5	54.5	59.5
BMW Sauber	0	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	18	20	21	24	32	36
Williams	3	3.5	3.5	3.5	4.5	7.5	11.5	15.5	20.5	25.5	29.5	30.5	30.5	30.5	34.5	34.5	34.5
Renault	4	4	4	5	9	11	11	11	13	13	16	16	20	26	26	26	26
Force India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	13	13	13	13
Toro Rosso	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Jenson Button	Brawn	6	95
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	4	84
3	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	2	77
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	69.5
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	49
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1	48
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams		34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota		32.5
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault		26
10	Timo Glock	Toyota		24
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari		22
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren		22
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber		19
14	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber		17
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India, Ferrari		8
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso		6
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India		5
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota		3
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso		2
20	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams		0
21	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault		0
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India		0
23	Romain Grosjean	Renault		0
24	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso		0
25	Luca Badoer	Ferrari		0

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Brawn	172
2	Red Bull	153.5
3	McLaren	71
4	Ferrari	70
5	Toyota	59.5
6	BMW Sauber	36
7	Williams	34.5
8	Renault	26
9	Force India	13
10	Toro Rosso	8

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2009
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts
BUT (Jenson Button)	1^P	1^P^F	3	1	1^P	1^P	1^F	6	5	7	7	Ret	2	5	8	5	3	95
VET (Sebastian Vettel)	13	15	1^P	2	4	Ret	3^P	1^P^F	2	Ret	Ret	3^F	8	4	1^P	4	1^F	84
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	2	5	4^F	5	2^F	2	Ret	3	6	10	1	7	1	6	7	8^P	4	77
WEB (Mark Webber)	12	6	2	11	3	5	2	2	1^P	3^F	9	9	Ret	Ret	17^F	1^F	2	69.5
HAM (Lewis Hamilton)	Ret	7	6	4	9	12	13	16	18	1	2^P	Ret	12^P	1^P	3	3	Ret^P	49
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	15	14	10	6	Ret	3	9	8	Ret	2	3	1	3	10	4	6	12	48
ROS (Nico Rosberg)	6^F	8	15	9	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	8	16	11	5	Ret	9	34.5
TRU (Jarno Trulli)	3	4	Ret	3^P^F	Ret	13	4	7	17	8	13	Ret	14	12	2	Ret	7	32.5
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	5	11	9	8	5	7	10	14	7^F	Ret^P	6	Ret	5	3^F	10	Ret	14	26
GLO (Timo Glock)	4	3	7	7	10	10	8	9	9	6	14^F	10	11	2	DNS			24
MAS (Felipe Massa)	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	4^F	6	4	3	DNS								22
KOV (Heikki Kovalainen)	Ret	Ret	5	12	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	5	4	6	6	7	11	12	11	22
HEI (Nick Heidfeld)	10	2	12	19	7	11	11	15	10	11	11	5	7	Ret	6	Ret	5	19
KUB (Robert Kubica)	14	Ret	13	18	11	Ret	7	13	14	13	8	4	Ret	8	9	2	10	17
FIS (Giancarlo Fisichella)	11	18	14	15	14	9	Ret	10	11	14	12	2^P	9	13	12	10	16	8
BUE (Sébastien Buemi)	7	16	8	17	Ret	Ret	15	18	16	16	Ret	12	13	Ret	Ret	7	8	6
SUT (Adrian Sutil)	9	17	17	16	Ret	14	17	17	15	Ret	10	11	4^F	Ret	13	Ret	17	5
KOB (Kamui Kobayashi)																9	6	3
BOU (Sébastien Bourdais)	8	10	11	13	Ret	8	18	Ret	Ret									2
NAK (Kazuki Nakajima)	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	13	15	12	11	12	9	18	13	10	9	15	Ret	13	0
PIQ (Nelson Piquet Jr.)	Ret	13	16	10	12	Ret	16	12	13	12								0
LIU (Vitantonio Liuzzi)													Ret	14	14	11	15	0
GRO (Romain Grosjean)											15	Ret	15	Ret	16	13	18	0
ALG (Jaime Alguersuari)										15	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	0
BAD (Luca Badoer)											17	14						0

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	29 Mar 2009	Jenson Button	Jenson Button
2	Malaysia	Sepang	5 Apr 2009	Jenson Button	Jenson Button
3	China	Shanghai	19 Apr 2009	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
4	Bahrain	Bahrain	26 Apr 2009	Jarno Trulli	Jenson Button
5	Spain	Catalunya	10 May 2009	Jenson Button	Jenson Button
6	Monaco	Monaco	24 May 2009	Jenson Button	Jenson Button
7	Turkey	İstanbul Park	7 Jun 2009	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button
8	Great Britain	Silverstone	21 Jun 2009	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
9	Germany	Nürburgring	12 Jul 2009	Mark Webber	Mark Webber
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	26 Jul 2009	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton
11	Europe	Valencia	23 Aug 2009	Lewis Hamilton	Rubens Barrichello
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	30 Aug 2009	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kimi Räikkönen
13	Italy	Monza	13 Sept 2009	Lewis Hamilton	Rubens Barrichello
14	Singapore	Marina Bay	27 Sept 2009	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
15	Japan	Suzuka	4 Oct 2009	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
16	BrazilTitle decided	José Carlos Pace	18 Oct 2009	Rubens Barrichello	Mark Webber
17	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	1 Nov 2009	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
BMW Sauber	BMW Sauber F1 Team	F1.09	BMW P86/9 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Nick Heidfeld, Robert Kubica
Brawn	Brawn GP Formula 1 Team	BGP 001	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	F60	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Felipe Massa, Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Räikkönen, Luca Badoer
Force India	Force India F1 Team	VJM02	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fisichella, Vitantonio Liuzzi
McLaren	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	MP4-24	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Heikki Kovalainen, Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	RB5	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel
Renault	ING Renault F1 Team	R29	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Fernando Alonso, Nelson Piquet Jr., Romain Grosjean
Toro Rosso	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Jaime Alguersuari, Sébastien Bourdais, Sébastien Buemi
Toyota	Panasonic Toyota Racing	TF109	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock
Williams	AT&T Williams	FW31	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	Bridgestone	Kazuki Nakajima, Nico Rosberg

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	66	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	64	84	P2
3	Mark Webber	53	69.5	P4
4	Rubens Barrichello	49	77	P3
5	Lewis Hamilton	33	49	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	29	48	P6
7	Jarno Trulli	19.5	32.5	P8
8	Nico Rosberg	15	34.5	P7
9	Timo Glock	12	24	P10
10	Fernando Alonso	12	26	P9
11	Felipe Massa	11	22	P11
12	Robert Kubica	9	17	P14

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	65	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	61	84	P2
3	Mark Webber	50.5	69.5	P4
4	Rubens Barrichello	49	77	P3
5	Lewis Hamilton	34	49	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	31	48	P6
7	Jarno Trulli	18.5	32.5	P8
8	Nico Rosberg	16	34.5	P7
9	Timo Glock	12	24	P10
10	Felipe Massa	12	22	P11
11	Fernando Alonso	11	26	P9
12	Robert Kubica	9	17	P14

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	70.5	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	65	84	P2
3	Mark Webber	52.5	69.5	P4
4	Rubens Barrichello	51	77	P3
5	Lewis Hamilton	36	49	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	32	48	P6
7	Jarno Trulli	18.5	32.5	P8
8	Nico Rosberg	16	34.5	P7
9	Timo Glock	12	24	P10
10	Felipe Massa	12	22	P11
11	Fernando Alonso	11	26	P9
12	Robert Kubica	9	17	P14

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	76	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	69	84	P2
3	Mark Webber	54.5	69.5	P4
4	Rubens Barrichello	53	77	P3
5	Lewis Hamilton	38	49	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	33	48	P6
7	Jarno Trulli	18.5	32.5	P8
8	Nico Rosberg	16	34.5	P7
9	Timo Glock	12	24	P10
10	Felipe Massa	12	22	P11
11	Fernando Alonso	11	26	P9
12	Robert Kubica	9	17	P14

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	239.5	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	206	84	P2
3	Rubens Barrichello	191	77	P3
4	Mark Webber	170	69.5	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	124	48	P6
6	Lewis Hamilton	123	49	P5
7	Nico Rosberg	94	34.5	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	82	32.5	P8
9	Fernando Alonso	73	26	P9
10	Timo Glock	68.5	24	P10
11	Heikki Kovalainen	58	22	P12
12	Felipe Massa	56	22	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	241.5	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	209	84	P2
3	Rubens Barrichello	193	77	P3
4	Mark Webber	172	69.5	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	124	48	P6
6	Lewis Hamilton	123	49	P5
7	Nico Rosberg	95	34.5	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	83	32.5	P8
9	Fernando Alonso	75	26	P9
10	Timo Glock	68.5	24	P10
11	Heikki Kovalainen	58	22	P12
12	Felipe Massa	57	22	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Jenson Button	239.5	95	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	206	84	P2
3	Rubens Barrichello	191	77	P3
4	Mark Webber	170	69.5	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	124	48	P6
6	Lewis Hamilton	123	49	P5
7	Nico Rosberg	94	34.5	P7
8	Jarno Trulli	82	32.5	P8
9	Fernando Alonso	73	26	P9
10	Timo Glock	68.5	24	P10
11	Heikki Kovalainen	58	22	P12
12	Felipe Massa	56	22	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.