2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Circuit: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB5	2	55	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB5	3	55	Finished	8
3	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	BGP 001	5	55	Finished	6
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	BGP 001	4	55	Finished	5
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	F1.09	8	55	Finished	4
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	TF109	12	55	Finished	3
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	TF109	6	55	Finished	2
8	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	10	55	Finished	1
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	FW31	9	55	Finished	0
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	F1.09	7	55	Finished	0
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	MP4-24	18	55	Finished	0
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F60	11	55	Finished	0
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	FW31	13	55	Finished	0
14	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R29	15	55	Finished	0
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	VJM02	16	55	Finished	0
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	F60	20	54	Finished	0
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM02	17	54	Finished	0
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	R29	19	54	Finished	0
DNF	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-24	1	20	Brakes	0
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR4	14	18	Gearbox	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	2	1	55
Mark Webber	3	2	55
Jenson Button	5	3	55
Rubens Barrichello	4	4	55
Nick Heidfeld	8	5	55
Kamui Kobayashi	12	6	55
Jarno Trulli	6	7	55
Sébastien Buemi	10	8	55
Nico Rosberg	9	9	55
Robert Kubica	7	10	55
Heikki Kovalainen	18	11	55
Kimi Raikkonen	11	12	55
Kazuki Nakajima	13	13	55
Fernando Alonso	15	14	55
Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	15	55
Giancarlo Fisichella	20	16	54
Adrian Sutil	17	17	54
Romain Grosjean	19	18	54
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	DNF	20
Jaime Alguersuari	14	DNF	18

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:39.873	1:39.695	1:40.948	—	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:40.666	1:39.984	1:41.615	+0.667	+0.667
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:40.667	1:40.272	1:41.726	+0.778	+0.111
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:40.574	1:40.421	1:41.786	+0.838	+0.060
5	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:40.378	1:40.148	1:41.892	+0.944	+0.106
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:40.517	1:40.373	1:41.897	+0.949	+0.005
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:40.520	1:40.545	1:41.992	+1.044	+0.095
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:40.558	1:40.635	1:42.343	+1.395	+0.351
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:40.842	1:40.661	1:42.583	+1.635	+0.240
10	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:40.908	1:40.430	1:42.713	+1.765	+0.130
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:41.100	1:40.726	—	—	—
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	10	1:41.035	1:40.777	—	—	—
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:40.808	1:40.983	—	—	—
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:41.096	1:41.148	—	—	—
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:41.503	1:41.689	—	—	—
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:41.667	—	—	—	—
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:41.701	—	—	—	—
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:41.863	—	—	—	—
19	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:41.950	—	—	—	—
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:42.184	—	—	—	—

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. 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	55	2	19, 42
Mark Webber	2	55	2	18, 40
Jenson Button	3	55	2	17, 42
Rubens Barrichello	4	55	2	16, 41
Nick Heidfeld	5	55	2	19, 41
Kamui Kobayashi	6	55	1	30
Jarno Trulli	7	55	2	18, 42
Sébastien Buemi	8	55	2	18, 41
Nico Rosberg	9	55	2	18, 38
Robert Kubica	10	55	2	16, 39
Heikki Kovalainen	11	55	1	31
Kimi Raikkonen	12	55	1	29
Kazuki Nakajima	13	55	1	32
Fernando Alonso	14	55	1	34
Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	55	1	31
Giancarlo Fisichella	16	54	2	28, 31
Adrian Sutil	17	54	2	24, 41
Romain Grosjean	18	54	1	31
Sir Lewis Hamilton	DNF	20	1	17
Jaime Alguersuari	DNF	18	1	18

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 · Mark Webber	2 · 3	1 · 2	19 · 18	Mark Webber	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Jenson Button	3 · 5	2 · 3	18 · 17	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Rubens Barrichello	3 · 4	2 · 4	18 · 16	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jenson Button	4 · 5	4 · 3	16 · 17	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Jarno Trulli	5 · 6	3 · 7	17 · 18	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld	4 · 8	4 · 5	16 · 19	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · Nick Heidfeld	7 · 8	10 · 5	16 · 19	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Kamui Kobayashi	8 · 12	5 · 6	19 · 30	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Nico Rosberg	8 · 9	5 · 9	19 · 18	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Kamui Kobayashi	6 · 12	7 · 6	18 · 30	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Kamui Kobayashi	11 · 12	12 · 6	29 · 30	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Kazuki Nakajima	12 · 13	6 · 13	30 · 32	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Sébastien Buemi	6 · 10	7 · 8	18 · 18	Same lap	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Robert Kubica	6 · 7	7 · 10	18 · 16	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sébastien Buemi	9 · 10	9 · 8	18 · 18	Same lap	Swapped places
Sébastien Buemi · Kimi Raikkonen	10 · 11	8 · 12	18 · 29	Sébastien Buemi	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · Nico Rosberg	7 · 9	10 · 9	16 · 18	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Heikki Kovalainen	7 · 18	10 · 11	16 · 31	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Heikki Kovalainen	11 · 18	12 · 11	29 · 31	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Heikki Kovalainen	17 · 18	17 · 11	24 · 31	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Heikki Kovalainen · Romain Grosjean	18 · 19	11 · 18	31 · 31	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Kazuki Nakajima	11 · 13	12 · 13	29 · 32	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kazuki Nakajima · Fernando Alonso	13 · 15	13 · 14	32 · 34	Kazuki Nakajima	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Vitantonio Liuzzi	15 · 16	14 · 15	34 · 31	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Giancarlo Fisichella	16 · 20	15 · 16	31 · 28	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Adrian Sutil	16 · 17	15 · 17	31 · 24	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Giancarlo Fisichella	17 · 20	17 · 16	24 · 28	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Giancarlo Fisichella	19 · 20	18 · 16	31 · 28	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Romain Grosjean	17 · 19	17 · 18	24 · 31	Adrian Sutil	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:43.939	—	—	18
2	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:44.035	+0.096	+0.096	20
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:44.153	+0.214	+0.118	28
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:44.207	+0.268	+0.054	23
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:44.667	+0.728	+0.460	23
6	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:44.687	+0.748	+0.020	32
7	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:44.688	+0.749	+0.001	14
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:44.805	+0.866	+0.117	25
9	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:44.955	+1.016	+0.150	33
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:44.958	+1.019	+0.003	25
11	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:44.988	+1.049	+0.030	22
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:45.123	+1.184	+0.135	20
13	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:45.649	+1.710	+0.526	27
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:45.679	+1.740	+0.030	25
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:45.704	+1.765	+0.025	27
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:45.865	+1.926	+0.161	23
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:46.239	+2.300	+0.374	22
18	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:46.267	+2.328	+0.028	26
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	10	1:46.364	+2.425	+0.097	28
20	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:46.411	+2.472	+0.047	27

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	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:41.307	—	—	35
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:41.504	+0.197	+0.197	34
3	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:41.541	+0.234	+0.037	39
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:41.591	+0.284	+0.050	37
5	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	10	1:41.636	+0.329	+0.045	34
6	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:41.683	+0.376	+0.047	37
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:41.684	+0.377	+0.001	34
8	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:41.831	+0.524	+0.147	38
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:41.931	+0.624	+0.100	39
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:41.987	+0.680	+0.056	39
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:42.180	+0.873	+0.193	28
12	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:42.245	+0.938	+0.065	36
13	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:42.278	+0.971	+0.033	36
14	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:42.409	+1.102	+0.131	30
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:42.530	+1.223	+0.121	33
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:42.782	+1.475	+0.252	29
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:42.932	+1.625	+0.150	37
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:43.021	+1.714	+0.089	37
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	11	1:43.022	+1.715	+0.001	39
20	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:43.708	+2.401	+0.686	13

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	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	22	1:40.625	—	—	21
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	1:40.627	+0.002	+0.002	18
3	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn GP	23	1:40.907	+0.282	+0.280	20
4	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	12	1:40.934	+0.309	+0.027	22
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	6	1:41.241	+0.616	+0.307	18
6	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	2	1:41.263	+0.638	+0.022	20
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	9	1:41.310	+0.685	+0.047	23
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	5	1:41.322	+0.697	+0.012	20
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	20	1:41.372	+0.747	+0.050	22
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	1:41.373	+0.748	+0.001	23
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	15	1:41.403	+0.778	+0.030	19
12	Nico Rosberg	Williams	16	1:41.478	+0.853	+0.075	22
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	10	1:41.499	+0.874	+0.021	24
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	21	1:41.675	+1.050	+0.176	20
15	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	14	1:41.682	+1.057	+0.007	15
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	7	1:41.897	+1.272	+0.215	19
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	17	1:42.156	+1.531	+0.259	21
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	8	1:42.213	+1.588	+0.057	19
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	3	1:42.351	+1.726	+0.138	23

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: 17 of 2009
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 1 Nov 2009
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.