2009 Singapore Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit on 27 Sept 2009 for McLaren, from pole position; Timo Glock was second and Fernando Alonso third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 51 of 61, from Fernando Alonso; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 21 to 26). Hamilton stopped 2 times, on laps 20 and 46; 12 of 14 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 20. The fastest lap was Fernando Alonso's, 1:48.240 on lap 53. 14 of 20 starters were classified; 6 retired or were not classified. After the race Jenson Button led the championship with 84 points, 15 ahead of Rubens Barrichello, with 3 rounds left.

Date

27 Sept 2009

Circuit

Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore

Round

14 of 17

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:47.891)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 16 drivers: Rubens Barrichello qualified 5th, started 9th; Fernando Alonso qualified 6th, started 5th; Timo Glock qualified 7th, started 6th; Nick Heidfeld qualified 8th, started 20th; Robert Kubica qualified 9th, started 7th; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 10th, started 8th; Kazuki Nakajima qualified 11th, started 10th; Jenson Button qualified 12th, started 11th; Kimi Räikkönen qualified 13th, started 12th; Sébastien Buemi qualified 14th, started 13th; Jarno Trulli qualified 15th, started 14th; Adrian Sutil qualified 16th, started 15th; Jaime Alguersuari qualified 17th, started 16th; Giancarlo Fisichella qualified 18th, started 17th; Romain Grosjean qualified 19th, started 18th; Vitantonio Liuzzi qualified 20th, started 19th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 20, 46), stints of 20, 26, 15 laps

2nd

Timo Glock: 2 stops (laps 19, 45), stints of 19, 26, 16 laps

3rd

Fernando Alonso: 2 stops (laps 21, 50), stints of 21, 29, 11 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 12 · 3 or more: 2

First stops

median lap 20 of 61

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2009 standings