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2009 Chinese Grand Prix
Race 3 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
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)

The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race scheduled to be held on April 19, 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It will be the third race of the 2009 Formula One season.

The Chinese Grand Prix moves from the end to the beginning of the season for 2009. Lewis Hamilton secured the race victory last year for McLaren, with his predecessor as World Champion Kimi Räikkönen securing victory for Ferrari in 2007. Renault's Fernando Alonso and Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello are the other former race winners in the field. To date, the Chinese GP has never been won by the same driver twice.

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 legalised the diffuser designs used by cars of Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota teams. Following this ruling, Renault and McLaren decided to run an updated diffuser design on their cars during 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, will 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 be using the KERS for the first time this season during the Friday practice session. Kubica did not use the system in first two races as there were concerns that the additional weight might put him at a disadvantage.

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1
	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes
2	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes
3	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
4	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber
5	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota
6	10	Timo Glock	Toyota
7	3‡	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
8	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
9	4‡	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
10	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
11	6‡	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber
12	7‡	Fernando Alonso	Renault
13	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota
14	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes
15	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
16	12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
17	8‡	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Renault
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes
20	11	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari

References

1. "Chinese Grand Prix Preview". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
2. "Jenson Button and Brawn GP claim victory in diffuser row". Times Online. Times Newspapers Ltd. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
3. "Renault set to join Brawn after failing to beat them". Guardian.co.uk. Guardian Newpapers and Media Ltd. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
4. Holt, Sarah (2009-04-16). "Renault & McLaren change diffuser". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
5. "Motor racing-Struggling Ferrari alter pit personnel". Reuters UK. Thomson Reuters. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
6. Noble, Jonathan (2009-04-13). "Baldisserri gets factory role in reshuffle". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
7. "Ferrari abandon Kers for China GP". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
8. "Teams differ on KERS use". Sky Sports. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-16.

• 2009 Formula One race reports
• Chinese Grand Prix
• 2009 in China