2009 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB5	1	53	Finished	10
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF109	2	53	Finished	8
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-24	3	53	Finished	6
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F60	5	53	Finished	5
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW31	7	53	Finished	4
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.09	4	53	Finished	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	BGP 001	6	53	Finished	2
8	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	BGP 001	10	53	Finished	1
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.09	9	53	Finished	0
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R29	16	53	Finished	0
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-24	11	53	Finished	0
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	F60	14	53	Finished	0
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM02	8	53	Finished	0
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	VJM02	18	53	Finished	0
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW31	15	53	Finished	0
16	Romain Grosjean	Renault	R29	17	52	Finished	0
17	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB5	PL	51	Finished	0	fastest lap
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	12	43	Accident	0
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	13	11	Clutch	0
DNS	Timo Glock	Toyota	TF109	—	—	Injury	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	53
Jarno Trulli	2	2	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	3	53
Kimi Raikkonen	5	4	53
Nico Rosberg	7	5	53
Nick Heidfeld	4	6	53
Rubens Barrichello	6	7	53
Jenson Button	10	8	53
Robert Kubica	9	9	53
Fernando Alonso	16	10	53
Heikki Kovalainen	11	11	53
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	12	53
Adrian Sutil	8	13	53
Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	14	53
Kazuki Nakajima	15	15	53
Romain Grosjean	17	16	52
Mark Webber	PL	17	51
Jaime Alguersuari	12	DNF	43
Sébastien Buemi	13	DNF	11

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160	—	—
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220	+0.060	+0.060
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395	+0.235	+0.175
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466	+0.306	+0.071
5	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660	+0.500	+0.194
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945	+0.785	+0.285
7	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962	+0.802	+0.017
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:31.228	1:31.052	1:32.980	+0.820	+0.018
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:31.499	1:31.223	—	—	—
10	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:31.196	1:31.103	—	—	—
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:31.286	1:31.482	—	—	—
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:31.401	1:31.638	—	—	—
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:31.417	1:32.341	—	—	—
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	10	1:31.550	—	—	—	—
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:31.571	—	—	—	—
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:31.704	—	—	—	—
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:31.718	—	—	—	—
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:32.073	—	—	—	—
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:32.087	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sebastian Vettel	1	53	2	18, 40
Jarno Trulli	2	53	2	16, 39
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	53	2	15, 37
Kimi Raikkonen	4	53	2	18, 35
Nico Rosberg	5	53	2	22, 45
Nick Heidfeld	6	53	2	18, 36
Rubens Barrichello	7	53	2	18, 42
Jenson Button	8	53	2	17, 40
Robert Kubica	9	53	2	26, 41
Fernando Alonso	10	53	1	30
Heikki Kovalainen	11	53	2	24, 39
Giancarlo Fisichella	12	53	2	17, 39
Adrian Sutil	13	53	2	15, 39
Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	53	2	25, 43
Kazuki Nakajima	15	53	1	27
Romain Grosjean	16	52	1	29
Mark Webber	17	51	5	1, 2, 4, 33, 45
Jaime Alguersuari	DNF	43	2	22, 43
Sébastien Buemi	DNF	11	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sebastian Vettel · Jarno Trulli	1 · 2	1 · 2	18 · 16	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	2 · 3	16 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 5	3 · 4	15 · 18	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nick Heidfeld	3 · 4	3 · 6	15 · 18	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 5	6 · 4	18 · 18	Same lap	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Rosberg	5 · 7	4 · 5	18 · 22	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Rubens Barrichello	5 · 6	4 · 7	18 · 18	Same lap	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Nico Rosberg	4 · 7	6 · 5	18 · 22	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Nico Rosberg	6 · 7	7 · 5	18 · 22	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Adrian Sutil	7 · 8	5 · 13	22 · 15	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Rubens Barrichello	4 · 6	6 · 7	18 · 18	Same lap	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jenson Button	6 · 10	7 · 8	18 · 17	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · Jenson Button	9 · 10	9 · 8	26 · 17	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Heikki Kovalainen	10 · 11	8 · 11	17 · 24	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Robert Kubica	8 · 9	13 · 9	15 · 26	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Fernando Alonso	9 · 16	9 · 10	26 · 30	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Fernando Alonso	11 · 16	11 · 10	24 · 30	Heikki Kovalainen	Swapped places
Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso	15 · 16	15 · 10	27 · 30	Kazuki Nakajima	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Romain Grosjean	16 · 17	10 · 16	30 · 29	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Heikki Kovalainen · Giancarlo Fisichella	11 · 14	11 · 12	24 · 17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Giancarlo Fisichella	8 · 14	13 · 12	15 · 17	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Kazuki Nakajima	14 · 15	12 · 15	17 · 27	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Vitantonio Liuzzi	8 · 18	13 · 14	15 · 25	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Kazuki Nakajima · Vitantonio Liuzzi	15 · 18	15 · 14	27 · 25	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Vitantonio Liuzzi	17 · 18	16 · 14	29 · 25	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Kazuki Nakajima · Romain Grosjean	15 · 17	15 · 16	27 · 29	Kazuki Nakajima	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:40.356	—	—	24
2	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:40.648	+0.292	+0.292	18
3	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:40.806	+0.450	+0.158	14
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:40.985	+0.629	+0.179	27
5	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:41.421	+1.065	+0.436	26
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:41.443	+1.087	+0.022	15
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:41.532	+1.176	+0.089	22
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:41.577	+1.221	+0.045	25
9	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:41.821	+1.465	+0.244	19
10	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:42.188	+1.832	+0.367	20
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:42.332	+1.976	+0.144	10
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:42.475	+2.119	+0.143	15
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:42.657	+2.301	+0.182	13
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:42.667	+2.311	+0.010	27
15	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:42.833	+2.477	+0.166	17
16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:42.977	+2.621	+0.144	14
17	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:43.218	+2.862	+0.241	11
18	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:43.318	+2.962	+0.100	17
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	10	1:43.407	+3.051	+0.089	16
20	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:43.572	+3.216	+0.165	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:47.261	—	—	5
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:47.923	+0.662	+0.662	6
3	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:47.931	+0.670	+0.008	5
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:47.983	+0.722	+0.052	5
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:48.058	+0.797	+0.075	8
6	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:48.691	+1.430	+0.633	9
7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:48.693	+1.432	+0.002	5
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:48.737	+1.476	+0.044	7
9	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:48.802	+1.541	+0.065	11
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:48.861	+1.600	+0.059	6
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:48.886	+1.625	+0.025	5
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	10	1:49.054	+1.793	+0.168	7
13	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:49.382	+2.121	+0.328	7
14	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:49.405	+2.144	+0.023	6
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:49.553	+2.292	+0.148	5
16	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:49.872	+2.611	+0.319	8
17	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:50.179	+2.918	+0.307	10

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:31.709	—	—	24
2	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:31.771	+0.062	+0.062	26
3	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:32.343	+0.634	+0.572	28
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:32.414	+0.705	+0.071	19
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:32.445	+0.736	+0.031	26
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:32.467	+0.758	+0.022	25
7	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:32.488	+0.779	+0.021	24
8	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:32.546	+0.837	+0.058	22
9	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:32.668	+0.959	+0.122	25
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:32.689	+0.980	+0.021	20
11	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:32.717	+1.008	+0.028	25
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:32.736	+1.027	+0.019	21
13	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:32.742	+1.033	+0.006	21
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	10	1:32.749	+1.040	+0.007	26
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:32.752	+1.043	+0.003	23
16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:32.789	+1.080	+0.037	19
17	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:32.848	+1.139	+0.059	20
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:32.878	+1.169	+0.030	26
19	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:32.930	+1.221	+0.052	15
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:33.167	+1.458	+0.237	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 2009
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 4 Oct 2009
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.