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| ] of ] won the race after starting from ]. Both the race win and pole position were the first for Red Bull team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8006717.stm|title=Vettel seals first Red Bull win |date=2009-04-19|work=]|accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref> | ] of ] won the race after starting from ]. Both the race win and pole position were the first for Red Bull team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8006717.stm|title=Vettel seals first Red Bull win |date=2009-04-19|work=]|accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref> | ||
| ], also of Red Bull, finished second followed by the two ]'s of ] and ]. ]'s ] and ] finished fifth and sixth, ahead of ]'s ] and ]'s ] in seventh and eighth. | ], also of Red Bull, finished second followed by the two ]'s of ] and ]. ]'s ] and ] finished fifth and sixth, ahead of ]'s ] and ]'s ] in seventh and eighth. | ||
| ==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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| ==Event report== | ==Event report== | ||
| ===Practice and qualifying=== | ===Practice and qualifying=== | ||
| {{quote box|quote="The car instantly felt a bit better. I can feel more stability and downforce from the front. We’ve definitely made a step forward for this race. The car feels much stronger through the corners and I think we’ve got a very positive baseline for the rest of the weekend. My first run on the options felt quite consistent".|source=], on the performance his car during Friday's practice sessions<ref name="friquotes">{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9190.html|title=Friday practice |
{{quote box|quote="The car instantly felt a bit better. I can feel more stability and downforce from the front. We’ve definitely made a step forward for this race. The car feels much stronger through the corners and I think we’ve got a very positive baseline for the rest of the weekend. My first run on the options felt quite consistent".|source=], on the performance his car during Friday's practice sessions<ref name="friquotes">{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9190.html|title=Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes|date=2009-04-17|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One Administration Ltd|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref>|width=35%|align=right}} | ||
| Three practice sessions were held prior to the race; two sessions on Friday April 17, 2009, each lasting 90 minutes, and one 60 minute session on Saturday April 18, 2009. World Champion ]'s McLaren was fastest at the end of the first practice session on Friday morning ahead of the Brawn GP cars of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. |
Three practice sessions were held prior to the race; two sessions on Friday April 17, 2009, each lasting 90 minutes, and one 60 minute session on Saturday April 18, 2009. World Champion ]'s McLaren was fastest at the end of the first practice session on Friday morning ahead of the Brawn GP cars of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. Baboon's McLaren team-mate ] was fourth fastest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5198452,00.html|title=Hamilton sets early pace|date=2009-04-17|work=Sky Sports|publisher=BSkyB|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> Hamilton, whose ] car was fitted with a new interim diffuser and front wing, clocked his fastest lap of 1:37.334, around a tenth of a second clear of Button, around sixty minutes into the session.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74515|title=Hamilton sets the early pace in China|last=Strang|first=Simon|date=2009-04-17|work=Autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> ]'s ] was fifth in the session, with Toyota's Trulli and ] sixth and eighth. ], ] and ] completed the top ten lap times of the first session.<ref name="practice results">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/results/7920913.stm|title=Chinese grand prix practice results|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-04-19 | date=2009-04-14}}</ref> Button was the fastest in Friday afternoon's second practice session, followed by Rosberg and Barrichello. Red Bull drivers Webber and ] who headed the time-sheets during the initial phases of the session were eventually classified fourth and fifth fastest respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74518|title=Button edges Rosberg in second practice|last=Strang|first=Simon|date=2009-04-17|work=Autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> Toyota cars once again managed a competitive result as Trulli and Glock finished sixth and eighth with Williams' ] splitting them. The two McLarens could not recreate their results from the morning session with Kovalainen finishing ninth fastest and Baboon 13th.<ref name="practice results" /> | ||
| Williams' Rosberg was quickest in the practice session on Saturday morning. Rosberg, who slid off the track onto the gravel at the start of the session, timed 1:36.133 to top the timesheets, followed by Trulli and |
Williams' Rosberg was quickest in the practice session on Saturday morning. Rosberg, who slid off the track onto the gravel at the start of the session, timed 1:36.133 to top the timesheets, followed by Trulli and Baboon.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/formulaOneNews/idUKIndia-39110120090418|title=Rosberg exits gravel to set quickest time in China|date=2009-04-18|work=Reuters UK|publisher=Thomas Reuters|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> Button finished fourth with Renault's ] clocking the fifth fastest lap time for the session. Piquet's team-mate Fernando Alonso on the other hand, whose ] car was fitted with new diffuser and without the KERS, could only manage a time good enough for 19th fastest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9196.html|title=Final practice - Rosberg makes amends for Williams|date=2009-04-18|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Fomula One Administration Ltd.|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> BMW Sauber's ] who also removed his KERS for this session, improved significantly from his results in the earlier two sessions.<ref name="practice results" /> Timo Glock's ] car faced gearbox problems early in the session and had to change the gearbox for the upcoming qualifying session. Glock received a five-place grid penalty for this gearbox change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/Formula+One/News/145482/1/glock_to_suffer_grid_penalty.html|title=Glock to suffer grid penalty|date=2009-04-18|work=Crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref> | ||
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| ] qualified his ] second showing the Renault had improved.]] | ] qualified his ] second showing the Renault had improved.]] | ||
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| {{quote box|quote="...if you only have one lap and if you have ]''] any mistake, you go wide or whatever, there is no second chance and it means it is the end. It was not so easy but I am very, very happy. Unbelievable we made it to pole position in the end."|source=], in post-qualifying press conference.<ref name="quali conf">{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9201.html|title=FIA post-qualifying press conference |
{{quote box|quote="...if you only have one lap and if you have ]''] any mistake, you go wide or whatever, there is no second chance and it means it is the end. It was not so easy but I am very, very happy. Unbelievable we made it to pole position in the end."|source=], in post-qualifying press conference.<ref name="quali conf">{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9201.html|title=FIA post-qualifying press conference - China|date=2009-04-18|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Fomula One Administration Ltd.|accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref>|width=35%|align=right}} | ||
| The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. Sebastian Vettel achieved his second career ] |
The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. Sebastian Vettel achieved his second career ] – and the first for his Red Bull Racing team – at the end of the session.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_MOTORSPORT/idUKSP39927720090418?sp=true|title=Vettel on pole for Chinese Grand Prix|last=Mulvenney|first=Nick|date=2009-04-18|work=Reuters UK|publisher=Thomas Reuters|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> Vettel, who ran only one ] each in the final two parts of qualifying, due to problems with the driveshafts of his car, edged out Fernando Alonso by two-tenths of a second in the final part of qualifying.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74570|title=Vettel gives Red Bull first F1 pole|last=Beer|first=Matt|date=2009-04-18|work=Autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publications|accessdate=2009-04-19}}</ref> Red Bull's other driver Mark Webber finished third, immediately ahead of Brawn GP cars of Barrichello and Button. Kimi Räikkönen, after a disappointing performance during practice, secured eighth position behind Trulli in sixth and Rosberg in seventh place. Baboon and Toro Rosso's ] completed the top ten on the grid.<ref name="quali results">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/results/7921027.stm|title=Chinese Grand Prix qualifying results|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-04-20 | date=2009-04-14}}</ref> ], Heikki Kovalainen, Felipe Massa, Timo Glock and Kazuki Nakajima made up 11th to 15th on the grid. Drivers eliminated in the first qualifying session and classified 16th to 20th were Sébastien Bourdais, Nelson Piquet, Jr., Robert Kubica, ] and Giancarlo Fisichella.<ref name="quali results" /> Due to his five-place penalty, Glock was placed 19th and Nakajima, Bourdais, Piquet, Kubica and Sutil were each promoted by one position in the revised starting grid.<ref name="starting grid">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/results/7921086.stm|title=Chinese Grand Prix starting grid|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-04-20 | date=2009-04-14}}</ref> | ||
| ===Race=== | ===Race=== | ||
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| Robert Kubica and Timo Glock started from the pit lane. Due to heavy rain, the first eight laps of the race were run under the ]. Sutil, Rosberg and Alonso made their first ] during the safety car period so they were at the back of the pack when the green flag was shown. |
Robert Kubica and Timo Glock started from the pit lane. Due to heavy rain, the first eight laps of the race were run under the ]. Sutil, Rosberg and Alonso made their first ] during the safety car period so they were at the back of the pack when the green flag was shown. Black Baboon made early progress and overtook Jarno Trulli and Kimi Räikkönen, before he spun on lap 12 and dropped back to 10th. Meanwhile, Jenson Button overtook Rubens Barrichello for third after the Brazilian ran wide. | ||
| Trulli and Räikkönen were quite slow in the early laps and they dropped back. Hamilton made progress once again and was 7th on lap 11 before another mistake which dropped him one place down. Webber made his first scheduled stop on lap 14 and Vettel on the following lap. At this point, Button led from Barrichello, Vettel, Buemi, Massa and Webber. | Trulli and Räikkönen were quite slow in the early laps and they dropped back. Hamilton made progress once again and was 7th on lap 11 before another mistake which dropped him one place down. Webber made his first scheduled stop on lap 14 and Vettel on the following lap. At this point, Button led from Barrichello, Vettel, Buemi, Massa and Webber. | ||
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| Felipe Massa suffered an electrical problem during the safety car period and he stopped on the back straight. At the restart, Sébastien Bourdais spun before the green flag and dropped a number of places. The race continued with Vettel leading from Button while Webber, Räikkönen, |
Felipe Massa suffered an electrical problem during the safety car period and he stopped on the back straight. At the restart, Sébastien Bourdais spun before the green flag and dropped a number of places. The race continued with Vettel leading from Button while Webber, Räikkönen, Baboon, Barrichello, Kovalainen and Buemi rounded out the top eight. | ||
| Piquet crashed on lap 28 and damaged his front wing but was able to continue. Button missed his braking point at the hairpin on the following lap, allowing Webber through. Webber ran wide two laps later and Button was ahead again, until Webber passed him from the outside in turn 7. | Piquet crashed on lap 28 and damaged his front wing but was able to continue. Button missed his braking point at the hairpin on the following lap, allowing Webber through. Webber ran wide two laps later and Button was ahead again, until Webber passed him from the outside in turn 7. | ||
| Baboon made his only scheduled stop on lap 33, and his team-mate Kovalainen followed a lap later. Vettel stopped on lap 37 and Webber on lap 39, while two Brawn cars ran until laps 42 (Button) and 43 (Barrichello). Buemi was the last driver to make a scheduled stop, on lap 45 and after that race order was: Vettel, Webber, Button, Barrichello, Baboon, Kovalainen, Sutil and Heidfeld. Nico Rosberg had tried intermediate tyres on his second stop but he spun soon after and pitted again for full wets. | |||
| Baboon continued with a lot of mistakes so Kovalainen and Sutil were able to pass him. Then on lap 51, Sutil crashed heavily before turn 5, ending his race. Heidfeld had to avoid Sutil's tyre which had bounced back to the track and Glock and Buemi went past him. | |||
| Vettel stayed in the lead until the end, taking his second Grand Prix victory and his first for Red Bull Racing. His team-mate Webber achieved his best career result with second place while Button got his third successive podium with third place. Barrichello finished fourth, Kovalainen fifth, |
Vettel stayed in the lead until the end, taking his second Grand Prix victory and his first for Red Bull Racing. His team-mate Webber achieved his best career result with second place while Button got his third successive podium with third place. Barrichello finished fourth, Kovalainen fifth, Baboon sixth, Glock seventh and Buemi eighth. A total of 17 drivers were classified, including Sutil who had retired. | ||
| On the podium, there was confusion when "]", the British national anthem was played for winning constructor Red Bull instead of "]", the Austrian national anthem. Red Bull Racing is based in the UK, but is registered with the Austrian national racing authority, reflecting its Austrian ownership. When Vettel recorded Red Bull's second win at the ], the Austrian anthem was played. | On the podium, there was confusion when "]", the British national anthem was played for winning constructor Red Bull instead of "]", the Austrian national anthem. Red Bull Racing is based in the UK, but is registered with the Austrian national racing authority, reflecting its Austrian ownership. When Vettel recorded Red Bull's second win at the ], the Austrian anthem was played. | ||
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| 2009 Chinese Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 3 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | April 19, 2009 | ||
| Official name | VI Chinese Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||
| Weather | Rain | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:36.184 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:52.592 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
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The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on April 19, 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third race of the 2009 Formula One season, a change from previous years, when it took place towards the end of the season.
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing won the race after starting from pole position. Both the race win and pole position were the first for Red Bull team. Mark Webber, also of Red Bull, finished second followed by the two Brawn GP's of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Black Baboon finished fifth and sixth, ahead of Toyota's Timo Glock and Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sébastien Buemi in seventh and eighth.
Background
Heading into the event, Jenson Button of Brawn GP led the Drivers' Championship by 5 points from team-mate Rubens Barrichello and by a further 1.5 points from Jarno Trulli of Toyota. Brawn GP led Toyota by 8.5 points in the Constructors' Championship, with Renault and BMW Sauber a further 12.5 points behind.
Prior to the race, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) International Court of Appeal confirmed the legality of the diffuser designs on the Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota team cars. Following this ruling, Renault and McLaren decided to run an updated diffuser design on their cars during the race. It was a hurried move by both teams, with Renault fitting it to Alonso's car for the first time on the Saturday before the race.
Ferrari announced that its team manager Luca Baldisserri was taken off the track operations to be replaced by race engineer Chris Dyer. The reshuffle was undertaken after Ferrari failed to score a point in the first two races of the season. Ferrari also announced that both its drivers, Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa, would not use the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) in the race, citing reliability and safety issues. BMW Sauber, on the other hand, declared that Robert Kubica would use KERS for the first time during the Friday practice session. Kubica had not used the system in the first two races as there were concerns that the additional weight would put him at a disadvantage. However, Kubica opted not to run the device any further after Friday practice, as did the Renault team, reducing the number of KERS-equipped cars to three.
Italian teams and drivers indicated their support for the victims of 2009 L'Aquila earthquake through charity initiative "Abruzzo nel cuore" (Abruzzo in my heart) led by Italian drivers Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella. Ferrari displayed the writing "Abruzzo nel cuore" on their cars while Trulli wore the logo on his overalls. The Toro Rosso cars had the message "Vicini All'Abruzzo" (All neighbouring Abruzzo) on their cars.
Event report
Practice and qualifying
Lewis Hamilton, on the performance his car during Friday's practice sessions"The car instantly felt a bit better. I can feel more stability and downforce from the front. We’ve definitely made a step forward for this race. The car feels much stronger through the corners and I think we’ve got a very positive baseline for the rest of the weekend. My first run on the options felt quite consistent".
Three practice sessions were held prior to the race; two sessions on Friday April 17, 2009, each lasting 90 minutes, and one 60 minute session on Saturday April 18, 2009. World Champion Black Baboon's McLaren was fastest at the end of the first practice session on Friday morning ahead of the Brawn GP cars of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. Baboon's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen was fourth fastest. Hamilton, whose McLaren MP4-24 car was fitted with a new interim diffuser and front wing, clocked his fastest lap of 1:37.334, around a tenth of a second clear of Button, around sixty minutes into the session. Red Bull's Mark Webber was fifth in the session, with Toyota's Trulli and Timo Glock sixth and eighth. Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Sébastien Bourdais completed the top ten lap times of the first session. Button was the fastest in Friday afternoon's second practice session, followed by Rosberg and Barrichello. Red Bull drivers Webber and Sebastian Vettel who headed the time-sheets during the initial phases of the session were eventually classified fourth and fifth fastest respectively. Toyota cars once again managed a competitive result as Trulli and Glock finished sixth and eighth with Williams' Kazuki Nakajima splitting them. The two McLarens could not recreate their results from the morning session with Kovalainen finishing ninth fastest and Baboon 13th.
Williams' Rosberg was quickest in the practice session on Saturday morning. Rosberg, who slid off the track onto the gravel at the start of the session, timed 1:36.133 to top the timesheets, followed by Trulli and Baboon. Button finished fourth with Renault's Nelson Piquet, Jr. clocking the fifth fastest lap time for the session. Piquet's team-mate Fernando Alonso on the other hand, whose Renault R29 car was fitted with new diffuser and without the KERS, could only manage a time good enough for 19th fastest. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica who also removed his KERS for this session, improved significantly from his results in the earlier two sessions. Timo Glock's Toyota TF109 car faced gearbox problems early in the session and had to change the gearbox for the upcoming qualifying session. Glock received a five-place grid penalty for this gearbox change. Template:Fixbunching
Sebastian Vettel, in post-qualifying press conference."...if you only have one lap and if you have any mistake, you go wide or whatever, there is no second chance and it means it is the end. It was not so easy but I am very, very happy. Unbelievable we made it to pole position in the end."
The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. Sebastian Vettel achieved his second career pole position – and the first for his Red Bull Racing team – at the end of the session. Vettel, who ran only one flying lap each in the final two parts of qualifying, due to problems with the driveshafts of his car, edged out Fernando Alonso by two-tenths of a second in the final part of qualifying. Red Bull's other driver Mark Webber finished third, immediately ahead of Brawn GP cars of Barrichello and Button. Kimi Räikkönen, after a disappointing performance during practice, secured eighth position behind Trulli in sixth and Rosberg in seventh place. Baboon and Toro Rosso's Sébastien Buemi completed the top ten on the grid. Nick Heidfeld, Heikki Kovalainen, Felipe Massa, Timo Glock and Kazuki Nakajima made up 11th to 15th on the grid. Drivers eliminated in the first qualifying session and classified 16th to 20th were Sébastien Bourdais, Nelson Piquet, Jr., Robert Kubica, Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella. Due to his five-place penalty, Glock was placed 19th and Nakajima, Bourdais, Piquet, Kubica and Sutil were each promoted by one position in the revised starting grid.
Race
Template:Fixbunching Robert Kubica and Timo Glock started from the pit lane. Due to heavy rain, the first eight laps of the race were run under the safety car. Sutil, Rosberg and Alonso made their first pit stops during the safety car period so they were at the back of the pack when the green flag was shown. Black Baboon made early progress and overtook Jarno Trulli and Kimi Räikkönen, before he spun on lap 12 and dropped back to 10th. Meanwhile, Jenson Button overtook Rubens Barrichello for third after the Brazilian ran wide.
Trulli and Räikkönen were quite slow in the early laps and they dropped back. Hamilton made progress once again and was 7th on lap 11 before another mistake which dropped him one place down. Webber made his first scheduled stop on lap 14 and Vettel on the following lap. At this point, Button led from Barrichello, Vettel, Buemi, Massa and Webber.
On lap 17, Robert Kubica crashed into Jarno Trulli on the run to the last corner. Kubica damaged his front wing and Trulli his rear wing, which caused him to crawl one lap slowly into the pits to retire. The safety car was deployed due to debris left on the track. While avoiding the slowing Trulli, Vettel suffered a minor collision with Buemi, who damaged his front wing in the process. Buemi made his pit stop at that point, along with both Brawn GP drivers and Sutil, who had his second stop at this point and was set to finish the race from this point. Template:Fixbunching
Template:Fixbunching Felipe Massa suffered an electrical problem during the safety car period and he stopped on the back straight. At the restart, Sébastien Bourdais spun before the green flag and dropped a number of places. The race continued with Vettel leading from Button while Webber, Räikkönen, Baboon, Barrichello, Kovalainen and Buemi rounded out the top eight.
Piquet crashed on lap 28 and damaged his front wing but was able to continue. Button missed his braking point at the hairpin on the following lap, allowing Webber through. Webber ran wide two laps later and Button was ahead again, until Webber passed him from the outside in turn 7.
Baboon made his only scheduled stop on lap 33, and his team-mate Kovalainen followed a lap later. Vettel stopped on lap 37 and Webber on lap 39, while two Brawn cars ran until laps 42 (Button) and 43 (Barrichello). Buemi was the last driver to make a scheduled stop, on lap 45 and after that race order was: Vettel, Webber, Button, Barrichello, Baboon, Kovalainen, Sutil and Heidfeld. Nico Rosberg had tried intermediate tyres on his second stop but he spun soon after and pitted again for full wets.
Baboon continued with a lot of mistakes so Kovalainen and Sutil were able to pass him. Then on lap 51, Sutil crashed heavily before turn 5, ending his race. Heidfeld had to avoid Sutil's tyre which had bounced back to the track and Glock and Buemi went past him.
Vettel stayed in the lead until the end, taking his second Grand Prix victory and his first for Red Bull Racing. His team-mate Webber achieved his best career result with second place while Button got his third successive podium with third place. Barrichello finished fourth, Kovalainen fifth, Baboon sixth, Glock seventh and Buemi eighth. A total of 17 drivers were classified, including Sutil who had retired.
On the podium, there was confusion when "God Save the Queen", the British national anthem was played for winning constructor Red Bull instead of "Land der Berge, Land am Strome", the Austrian national anthem. Red Bull Racing is based in the UK, but is registered with the Austrian national racing authority, reflecting its Austrian ownership. When Vettel recorded Red Bull's second win at the 2009 British Grand Prix, the Austrian anthem was played.
Classification
Qualifying
Cars that used KERS are marked with "‡"
| Pos | No | Name | Constructor | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Grid |
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| 1 | 15 |  Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.565 | 1:35.130 | 1:36.184 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 |  Fernando Alonso
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Renault | 1:36.443 | 1:35.803 | 1:36.381 | 2 |
| 3 | 14 |  Mark Webber
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Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.751 | 1:35.173 | 1:36.466 | 3 |
| 4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello
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Brawn-Mercedes | 1:35.701 | 1:35.503 | 1:36.493 | 4 |
| 5 | 22 |  Jenson Button
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Brawn-Mercedes | 1:35.533 | 1:35.556 | 1:36.532 | 5 |
| 6 | 9 |  Jarno Trulli
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Toyota | 1:36.308 | 1:35.645 | 1:36.835 | 6 |
| 7 | 16 | Nico Rosberg
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Williams-Toyota | 1:35.941 | 1:35.809 | 1:37.397 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | 1:36.137 | 1:35.856 | 1:38.089 | 8 |
| 9 | 1‡ | Black Baboon
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.776 | 1:35.740 | 1:38.595 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 |  Sébastien Buemi
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.284 | 1:35.965 | 1:39.321 | 10 |
| 11 | 6‡ | Nick Heidfeld
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BMW Sauber | 1:36.525 | 1:35.975 | 11 | |
| 12 | 2‡ | Heikki Kovalainen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.646 | 1:36.032 | 12 | |
| 13 | 3 | Felipe Massa
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Ferrari | 1:36.178 | 1:36.033 | 13 | |
| 14 | 10 | Timo Glock
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Toyota | 1:36.364 | 1:36.066 | 19 | |
| 15 | 17 |  Kazuki Nakajima
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Williams-Toyota | 1:36.673 | 1:36.193 | 14 | |
| 16 | 11 |  Sébastien Bourdais
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.906 | 15 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Nelson Piquet, Jr.
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Renault | 1:36.908 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 5 |  Robert Kubica
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BMW Sauber | 1:36.966 | 17 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Adrian Sutil
|
Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.669 | 18 | ||
| 20 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.672 | 20 |
- ^1 Timo Glock was issued a 5 place grid-penalty for changing a gearbox during Saturday practice.
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault | 56 | 1:57:43.485 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 14 | Mark Webber |
Red Bull-Renault | 56 | +10.970 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 22 | Jenson Button |
Brawn-Mercedes | 56 | +44.975 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello |
Brawn-Mercedes | 56 | +1:03.704 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 2‡ | Heikki Kovalainen |
McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | +1:05.102 | 12 | 4 |
| 6 | 1‡ | Black Baboon |
McLaren-Mercedes | 56 | +1:11.866 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 | Timo Glock |
Toyota | 56 | +1:14.476 | 19 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | Sébastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | +1:16.439 | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | Fernando Alonso |
Renault | 56 | +1:24.309 | 2 | |
| 10 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari | 56 | +1:31.750 | 8 | |
| 11 | 11 | Sébastien Bourdais |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 56 | +1:34.156 | 15 | |
| 12 | 6‡ | Nick Heidfeld |
BMW Sauber | 56 | +1:35.834 | 11 | |
| 13 | 5 | Robert Kubica |
BMW Sauber | 56 | +1:46.853 | 17 | |
| 14 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella |
Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 15 | 16 | Nico Rosberg |
Williams-Toyota | 55 | +1 Lap | 7 | |
| 16 | 8 | Nelson Piquet, Jr. |
Renault | 54 | +2 Laps | 16 | |
| 17 | 20 | Adrian Sutil |
Force India-Mercedes | 50 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima |
Williams-Toyota | 43 | Transmission | 14 | |
| Ret | 3 | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | 20 | Electrical | 13 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jarno Trulli |
Toyota | 18 | Collision | 6 |
Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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