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2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/811-qualifying

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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · Silverstone Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2009 Formula 1 World Championship · round 8

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:22:49.328 · 60 laps · renault	10
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:23:04.516 · 60 laps · renault	8
3	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:23:30.503 · 60 laps · mercedes	6
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:23:34.371 · 60 laps · ferrari	5
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:23:35.243 · 60 laps · toyota	4
6	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:23:35.613 · 60 laps · mercedes	3
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:23:57.635 · 60 laps · toyota	2
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23:58.950 · 60 laps · ferrari	1
9	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:23:59.151 · 60 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:24:00.850 · 60 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
11	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:24:03.351 · 60 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Time not recorded · 59 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
14	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Time not recorded · 59 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
16	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Time not recorded · 59 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · 59 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 37 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 36 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:18.685 · 21 laps · renault
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	Q1 1:19.325 · 23 laps · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:18.674 · 18 laps · renault
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:18.886 · 21 laps · toyota
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:18.530 · 27 laps · toyota
6	Jenson Button	Brawn	Q1 1:18.957 · 25 laps · mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:19.228 · 21 laps · toyota
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:19.198 · 25 laps · toyota
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:19.010 · 24 laps · ferrari
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:19.167 · 22 laps · renault
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:19.148 · 19 laps · ferrari
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:19.730 · 21 laps · bmw
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:19.732 · 19 laps · mercedes
14	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:19.555 · 18 laps · renault
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:19.559 · 19 laps · bmw
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:19.802 · 11 laps · mercedes
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:19.898 · 10 laps · ferrari
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:19.909 · 10 laps · mercedes
19	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:19.917 · 7 laps · mercedes
20	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:20.236 · 12 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:19.509 · renault
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:19.856 · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:19.868 · renault
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:20.091 · toyota
5	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:20.216 · toyota
6	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:20.289 · mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:20.361 · toyota
8	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:20.490 · toyota
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.715 · ferrari
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:20.741 · renault
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:18.927 · ferrari
12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:19.308 · bmw
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:19.353 · mercedes
14	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:19.392 · renault
15	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:19.448 · bmw
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:19.802 · mercedes
17	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:19.898 · ferrari
18	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:19.917 · mercedes
19	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:20.236 · ferrari
PL	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:19.909 · mercedes

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	64
2	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	41
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	39
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35.5
5	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21.5
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15.5
8	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
9	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
11	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
12	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
14	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
15	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:19.400
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	2	1:19.682
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	3	1:20.227
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	4	1:20.242
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:20.458
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:20.471
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	7	1:20.585
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:20.650
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:20.815
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	10	1:20.838
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:20.913
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	12	1:21.029
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:21.103
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1:21.179
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Bourdais	15	1:21.384
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	16	1:21.386
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	17	1:21.489
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	18	1:21.525
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	19	1:21.590
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	20	1:21.801
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:19.456
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:19.597
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	3	1:20.141
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	4	1:20.209
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:20.237
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	6	1:20.244
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:20.417
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	8	1:20.458
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:20.468
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	10	1:20.608
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	11	1:20.622
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	12	1:20.733
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	13	1:20.762
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	14	1:20.767
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	15	1:20.932
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Bourdais	16	1:20.945
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	17	1:21.005
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	18	1:21.132
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	19	1:21.413
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	20	1:21.668
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:18.899
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	2	1:19.102
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	3	1:19.125
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:19.371
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:19.596
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	6	1:19.855
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	7	1:19.868
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	8	1:19.917
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	9	1:19.946
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:20.028
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	11	1:20.048
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	12	1:20.157
freePractice3Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	13	1:20.232
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Bourdais	14	1:20.459
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	15	1:20.548
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	16	1:20.572
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	17	1:20.638
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	18	1:20.696
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	19	1:21.024
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	20	1:21.039

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Kazuki Nakajima	1	15	24.767
Kimi Räikkönen	1	16	24.678
Nico Rosberg	1	18	24.102
Jarno Trulli	1	18	24.414
Jenson Button	1	18	25.056
Fernando Alonso	1	18	23.853
Rubens Barrichello	1	19	25.008
Timo Glock	1	19	28.808
Mark Webber	1	20	27.231
Lewis Hamilton	1	20	23.624
Sebastian Vettel	1	21	25.180
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	21	23.977
Nick Heidfeld	1	21	25.616
Sébastien Buemi	1	22	23.418
Felipe Massa	1	23	23.595
Sébastien Bourdais	1	27	24.359
Robert Kubica	1	28	25.258
Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	29	26.077
Heikki Kovalainen	1	33	24.853
Adrian Sutil	1	33	26.245
Sébastien Bourdais	2	34	37.452
Heikki Kovalainen	2	34	23.899
Fernando Alonso	2	38	23.327
Kazuki Nakajima	2	40	22.977
Sébastien Buemi	2	41	22.952
Kimi Räikkönen	2	42	22.545
Nico Rosberg	2	43	21.683
Sebastian Vettel	2	44	23.965
Lewis Hamilton	2	43	21.966
Felipe Massa	2	45	22.772
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	45	22.283
Jarno Trulli	2	46	20.672
Mark Webber	2	47	22.184
Nick Heidfeld	2	46	21.131
Rubens Barrichello	2	47	21.993
Robert Kubica	2	47	22.731
Timo Glock	2	48	20.538
Jenson Button	2	49	21.723