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2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/820-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

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 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · Yas Marina Circuit

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

2009 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:34:03.414 · 55 laps · renault	10
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:34:21.271 · 55 laps · renault	8
3	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:34:21.881 · 55 laps · mercedes	6
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:34:26.149 · 55 laps · mercedes	5
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:34:29.667 · 55 laps · bmw	4
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:34:31.757 · 55 laps · toyota	3
7	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:34:37.780 · 55 laps · toyota	2
8	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:34:44.708 · 55 laps · ferrari	1
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:34:49.355 · 55 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:34:51.594 · 55 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:34:56.212 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34:57.731 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:35:03.253 · 55 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
14	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35:13.101 · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:35:37.864 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · 54 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Brakes · Time not recorded · 20 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 18 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:39.873 · 20 laps · mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:40.666 · 21 laps · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:40.667 · 21 laps · renault
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	Q1 1:40.574 · 24 laps · mercedes
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	Q1 1:40.378 · 25 laps · mercedes
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:40.517 · 24 laps · toyota
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:40.520 · 25 laps · bmw
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:40.558 · 24 laps · bmw
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:40.842 · 25 laps · toyota
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:40.908 · 27 laps · ferrari
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:41.100 · 20 laps · ferrari
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	Q1 1:41.035 · 17 laps · toyota
13	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:40.808 · 16 laps · mercedes
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:41.096 · 18 laps · toyota
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:41.503 · 19 laps · ferrari
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:41.667 · 12 laps · renault
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:41.701 · 10 laps · mercedes
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:41.863 · 10 laps · mercedes
19	Romain Grosjean	Renault	Q1 1:41.950 · 12 laps · renault
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	Q1 1:42.184 · 12 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:40.948 · mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:41.615 · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:41.726 · renault
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:41.786 · mercedes
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:41.892 · mercedes
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:41.897 · toyota
7	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:41.992 · bmw
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:42.343 · bmw
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:42.583 · toyota
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:42.713 · ferrari
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.726 · ferrari
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Toyota	1:40.777 · toyota
13	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:41.148 · toyota
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:41.689 · ferrari
15	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:41.667 · renault
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:41.701 · mercedes
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:41.863 · mercedes
18	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:40.983 · mercedes
19	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:41.950 · renault
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:42.184 · ferrari

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	95
2	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	84
3	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	77
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	69.5
5	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	48
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	32.5
9	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
10	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
11	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
12	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
13	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
14	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
16	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
17	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
19	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
20	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Luca Badoer	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	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:43.939
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	2	1:44.035
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:44.153
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	4	1:44.207
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	5	1:44.667
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	6	1:44.687
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	7	1:44.688
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	8	1:44.805
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	9	1:44.955
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	10	1:44.958
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	11	1:44.988
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	12	1:45.123
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	13	1:45.649
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	14	1:45.679
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	15	1:45.704
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	16	1:45.865
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	17	1:46.239
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	18	1:46.267
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	19	1:46.364
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	20	1:46.411
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	1	1:41.307
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:41.504
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	3	1:41.541
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:41.591
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	5	1:41.636
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	6	1:41.683
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	7	1:41.684
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	8	1:41.831
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:41.931
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:41.987
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:42.180
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	12	1:42.245
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:42.278
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	14	1:42.409
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	1:42.530
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	16	1:42.782
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	17	1:42.932
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	18	1:43.021
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	19	1:43.022
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	20	1:43.708
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	1	1:40.625
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:40.627
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	1:40.907
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	4	1:40.934
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	5	1:41.241
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	6	1:41.263
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	7	1:41.310
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	8	1:41.322
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	9	1:41.372
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:41.373
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	11	1:41.403
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	12	1:41.478
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:41.499
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	1:41.675
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	15	1:41.682
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	16	1:41.897
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	17	1:42.156
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	18	1:42.213
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	19	1:42.351

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Rubens Barrichello	1	16	25.527
Robert Kubica	1	16	25.617
Lewis Hamilton	1	17	24.443
Jenson Button	1	17	26.418
Mark Webber	1	18	25.748
Jarno Trulli	1	18	25.188
Nico Rosberg	1	18	24.028
Sébastien Buemi	1	18	25.158
Jaime Alguersuari	1	18	17.153
Sebastian Vettel	1	19	25.650
Nick Heidfeld	1	19	25.076
Adrian Sutil	1	24	26.217
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	28	26.425
Kimi Räikkönen	1	29	26.532
Kamui Kobayashi	1	30	25.514
Heikki Kovalainen	1	31	25.761
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	31	26.016
Romain Grosjean	1	31	26.159
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	31	12.904
Kazuki Nakajima	1	32	26.168
Fernando Alonso	1	34	24.641
Nico Rosberg	2	38	24.269
Robert Kubica	2	39	23.919
Mark Webber	2	40	24.052
Rubens Barrichello	2	41	23.445
Nick Heidfeld	2	41	22.603
Sébastien Buemi	2	41	23.485
Adrian Sutil	2	41	23.275
Sebastian Vettel	2	42	24.247
Jenson Button	2	42	22.369
Jarno Trulli	2	42	22.388