2009 Formula One World Championship

2009 FIA Formula One World Championship
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The 2009 Formula One season was the 60th FIA Formula One World Championship season. There were ten teams signed up to compete in the championship.^[1] Jenson Button became the Drivers' World Champion and Brawn GP won the Constructors' title.

The season was scheduled to take place over 17 rounds, and started with the Australian Grand Prix on 29 March 2009. It would end on 1 November 2009 with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which was included on the race calendar for the first time, to be held at the new Yas Marina Circuit. The French and Canadian Grands Prix, which were both included in the 2008 championship, have been dropped.

Several rule changes will be implemented by the FIA, in a bid to cut costs due to the global financial crisis and to improve the on-track spectacle. New rules governing tyres, aerodynamics and Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS), among others, are some of the biggest changes in the Formula One regulations for several decades.^[2] FIA initially declared a change in deciding the World Driver's Championship, with the driver winning the most races to be declared as the champion. However, this decision was later reversed following protests from Formula One Teams Association.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-24	Mercedes-Benz FO 108W 2.4 V8	B	1	Lewis Hamilton
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-24	Mercedes-Benz FO 108W 2.4 V8	B	2	Heikki Kovalainen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F60	Ferrari Type 056 2.4 V8	B	3	Felipe Massa
						Luca Badoer
						Giancarlo Fisichella
					4	Kimi Räikkönen
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.09	BMW P86/9 2.4 V8	B	5	Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.09	BMW P86/9 2.4 V8	B	6	Nick Heidfeld
ING Renault F1 Team Renault F1 Team	Renault	R29	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	B	7	Fernando Alonso
					8	Nelson Piquet Jr.
					8	Romain Grosjean
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF109	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	B	9	Jarno Trulli
					10	Timo Glock
					10	Kamui Kobayashi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR4	Ferrari Type 056 2.4 V8	B	11	Sébastien Bourdais
					11	Jaime Alguersuari
					12	Sébastien Buemi
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB5	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	B	14	Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB5	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	B	15	Sebastian Vettel
AT&T Williams	Williams	FW31	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	B	16	Nico Rosberg
AT&T Williams	Williams	FW31	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	B	17	Kazuki Nakajima
Force India Formula One Team	Force India	VJM02	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	B	20	Adrian Sutil
					21	Giancarlo Fisichella
					21	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Brawn GP F1 Team	Brawn	BGP 001	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	B	22	Jenson Button
Brawn GP F1 Team	Brawn	BGP 001	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8	B	23	Rubens Barrichello

Formula One 2009 Race Calendar

Round	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Time^[3]
Round	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Local	UTC
1	ING Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	29 March	17:00	06:00
2	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	5 April	17:00	09:00
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	19 April	15:00	07:00
4	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Manama	26 April	15:00	12:00
5	Gran Premio de España Telefónica	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	10 May	14:00	12:00
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	24 May	14:00	12:00
7	ING Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	7 June	15:00	12:00
8	Santander British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	21 June	13:00	12:00
9	Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland	German GP	Nürburgring	12 July	14:00	12:00
10	ING Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	26 July	14:00	12:00
11	Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe	European GP	Valencia Street Circuit	23 August	14:00	12:00
12	ING Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	30 August	14:00	12:00
13	Gran Premio Santander d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	14:00	12:00
14	SingTel Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit	27 September	20:00	12:00
15	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	4 October	14:00	05:00
16	Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	18 October	14:00	16:00
17	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit	1 November	17:00	13:00

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Nico Rosberg	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Rubens Barrichello	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
4	Bahrain Grand Prix	Jarno Trulli	Jarno Trulli	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Rubens Barrichello	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Jenson Button	Felipe Massa	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
7	Turkish Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
8	British Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
9	German Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	Report
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
11	European Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Timo Glock	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Adrian Sutil	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	Report
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	Report
17	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report

Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL^‡	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Jenson Button	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	6	5	7	7	Ret	2	5	8	5	3	95
2	Sebastian Vettel	13^†	15^†	1	2	4	Ret	3	1	2	Ret	Ret	3	8	4	1	4	1	84
3	Rubens Barrichello	2	5	4	5	2	2	Ret	3	6	10	1	7	1	6	7	8	4	77
4	Mark Webber	12	6	2	11	3	5	2	2	1	3	9	9	Ret	Ret	17	1	2	69.5
5	Lewis Hamilton	DSQ	7	6	4	9	12	13	16	18	1	2	Ret	12^†	1	3	3	Ret	49
6	Kimi Räikkönen	15^†	14	10	6	Ret	3	9	8	Ret	2	3	1	3	10	4	6	12	48
7	Nico Rosberg	6	8	15	9	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	8	16	11	5	Ret	9	34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	3	4	Ret	3	Ret	13	4	7	17	8	13	Ret	14	12	2	Ret	7	32.5
9	Fernando Alonso	5	11	9	8	5	7	10	14	7	Ret	6	Ret	5	3	10	Ret	14	26
10	Timo Glock	4	3	7	7	10	10	8	9	9	6	14	10	11	2	DNS			24
11	Felipe Massa	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	4	6	4	3	DNS								22
12	Ralf Schumacher	4	6	5	12	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	5	4	6	6	7	11	12	4	25
13	Nick Heidfeld	10	2	12	19	7	11	11	15	10	11	11	5	7	Ret	6	Ret	5	19
14	Robert Kubica	14^†	Ret	13	18	11	Ret	7	13	14	13	8	4	Ret	8	9	2	10	17
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	11	18^†	14	15	14	9	Ret	10	11	14	12	2	9	13	12	10	16	8
16	Sébastien Buemi	7	16^†	8	17	Ret	Ret	15	18	16	16	Ret	12	13^†	Ret	Ret	7	8	6
17	Adrian Sutil	9	17	17^†	16	Ret	14	17	17	15	Ret	10	11	4	Ret	13	Ret	17	5
18	Kamui Kobayashi															PO	9	6	3
19	Sébastien Bourdais	8	10	11	13	Ret	8	18	Ret	Ret									2
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	13	15^†	12	11	12	9	18	13	10	9	15	Ret	13	22
21	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Ret	13	16	10	12	Ret	16	12	13	12								0
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi													Ret	14	14	11	15	0
23	Romain Grosjean											15	Ret	15	Ret	16	13	18	0
24	Jaime Alguersuari										15	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	0
25	Luca Badoer											15	14						0
Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL^‡	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	BRA	ABU	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points were awarded at the Malaysian as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	MAL^‡	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Brawn-Mercedes	22	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	6	5	7	7	Ret	2	5	8	5	3	172
1	Brawn-Mercedes	23	2	5	4	5	2	2	Ret	3	6	10	1	7	1	6	7	8	4	172
2	Red Bull-Renault	14	12	6	2	11	3	5	2	2	1	3	9	9	Ret	Ret	17	1	2	153.5
2	Red Bull-Renault	15	13^†	15^†	1	2	4	Ret	3	1	2	Ret	Ret	3	8	4	1	4	1	153.5
3	McLaren-Mercedes	1	DSQ	7	6	4	9	12	13	16	18	1	2	Ret	12^†	1	3	3	Ret	71
3	McLaren-Mercedes	2	Ret	Ret	5	12	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	5	4	6	6	7	11	12	11	71
4	Ferrari	3	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	4	6	4	3	DNS	17	14	9	13	12	10	16	70
4	Ferrari	4	15^†	14	10	6	Ret	3	9	8	Ret	2	3	1	3	10	4	6	12	70
5	Toyota	9	3	4	Ret	3	Ret	13	4	7	17	8	13	Ret	14	12	2	Ret	7	59.5
5	Toyota	10	4	3	7	7	10	10	8	9	9	6	14	10	11	2	DNS	9	6	59.5
6	BMW Sauber	5	14^†	Ret	13	18	11	Ret	7	13	14	13	8	4	Ret	8	9	2	10	36
6	BMW Sauber	6	10	2	12	19	7	11	11	15	10	11	11	5	7	Ret	6	Ret	5	36
7	Williams-Toyota	16	6	8	15	9	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	8	16	11	5	Ret	9	34.5
7	Williams-Toyota	17	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	13	15^†	12	11	12	9	18	13	10	9	15	Ret	13	34.5
8	Renault	7	5	11	9	8	5	7	10	14	7	Ret	6	Ret	5	3	10	Ret	14	26
8	Renault	8	Ret	13	16	10	12	Ret	16	12	13	12	15	Ret	15	Ret	16	13	18	26
9	Force India-Mercedes	20	9	17	17^†	16	Ret	14	17	17	15	Ret	10	11	4	Ret	13	Ret	17	13
9	Force India-Mercedes	21	11	18^†	14	15	14	9	Ret	10	11	14	12	2	Ret	14	14	11	15	13
10	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	11	8	10	11	13	Ret	8	18	Ret	Ret	15	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8
10	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	12	7	16^†	8	17	Ret	Ret	15	18	16	16	Ret	12	13^†	Ret	Ret	7	8	8
Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	MAL^‡	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	BRA	ABU	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

2009 Formula One World Championship Media

Banned since 1998, slick tyres were re-introduced for 2009.
A ban on aerodynamic appendages resulted in the 2009 cars having smoother bodywork.
The front wing was lower and wider than in 2008.
The rear wing was higher and narrower.
The controversial diffuser of the TF109 at Circuit de Catalunya
Button won in Australia giving the newly formed Brawn GP their first win on their debut; he subsequently won five of the six following races; and then he didn't win any of the remaining ten races of the season.
Red Bull and their drivers reduced the respective championship leads of Jenson Button and Brawn GP during the mid part of the season.
Force India and McLaren both came from the midfield to the points in 2009.