Australian Grand Prix
2009 · Round 1 · Melbourne, Australia · Mar 28-29, 2009Race summary
Victory went to Button (from 1st on the grid), with a 0.807s margin. Trulli made the biggest gain, from 20th on the grid to 3rd (up 17 places). Vettel had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 13th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Rosberg (1:27.706).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | Brawn | 1 | 58 | 1:34:15.784 | 10 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 2 | 58 | +0.807 | 8 |
| 3 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 20 | 58 | +1.604 | 6 |
| 4 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 19 | 58 | +4.435 | 5 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 10 | 58 | +4.879 | 4 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg 1:27.706 | Williams | 5 | 58 | +5.722 | 3 |
| 7 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 13 | 58 | +6.004 | 2 |
| 8 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 17 | 58 | +6.298 | 1 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 16 | 58 | +6.335 | 0 |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 9 | 58 | +7.085 | 0 |
| 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 15 | 58 | +7.374 | 0 |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 8 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 3 | 56 | Collision | 0 |
| 14 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 4 | 55 | Collision | 0 |
| 15 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 7 | 55 | Differential | 0 |
| – | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 6 | 45 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 14 | 24 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 11 | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 12 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 18 | 58 | Disqualified | 0 |