2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

Mark Webber won the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace on 18 Oct 2009 for Red Bull, from 2nd on the grid; Robert Kubica was second and Lewis Hamilton third. Pole position: Rubens Barrichello.

Webber took the lead for good on lap 21 of 71, from Rubens Barrichello; the lead changed hands 1 time in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 6). Webber stopped 2 times, on laps 26 and 52; 10 of 14 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 25. The fastest lap was Mark Webber's, 1:13.733 on lap 25. 14 of 20 starters were classified; 6 retired or were not classified. After the race Jenson Button led the championship with 89 points, 15 ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with 1 round left.

Date

18 Oct 2009

Circuit

Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil

Round

16 of 17

Winner

Mark Webber (Red Bull)

Pole position

Rubens Barrichello (1:19.576)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Vitantonio Liuzzi qualified 15th, started 20th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 16th, started 15th; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 17th, started 16th; Lewis Hamilton qualified 18th, started 17th; Nick Heidfeld qualified 19th, started 18th; Giancarlo Fisichella 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

Mark Webber: 2 stops (laps 26, 52), stints of 26, 26, 19 laps

2nd

Robert Kubica: 2 stops (laps 23, 46), stints of 23, 23, 25 laps

3rd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 1, 42), stints of 1, 41, 29 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 1 · 2 stops: 10 · 3 or more: 3

First stops

median lap 25 of 71

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