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2009 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2009 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/814-race

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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 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe · Valencia Street Circuit

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

2009 Formula 1 World Championship · round 11

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:35:51.289 · 57 laps · mercedes	10
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35:53.647 · 57 laps · mercedes	8
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36:07.283 · 57 laps · ferrari	6
4	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36:11.321 · 57 laps · mercedes	5
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:36:12.159 · 57 laps · toyota	4
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36:19.033 · 57 laps · renault	3
7	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:36:26.202 · 57 laps · mercedes	2
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36:27.956 · 57 laps · bmw	1
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36:36.199 · 57 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:36:39.224 · 57 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36:40.111 · 57 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:36:54.903 · 57 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36:55.816 · 57 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:37:17.808 · 57 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
15	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:37:23.063 · 57 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
18	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Tyre · Time not recorded · 54 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Brakes · Time not recorded · 41 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Engine · Time not recorded · 23 laps · renault	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 1:38.649 · 15 laps · mercedes
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:38.816 · 26 laps · mercedes
3	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	Q1 1:39.019 · 21 laps · mercedes
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:39.295 · 21 laps · renault
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	Q1 1:38.531 · 22 laps · mercedes
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.843 · 25 laps · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:39.039 · 25 laps · toyota
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:39.155 · 21 laps · renault
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:38.983 · 21 laps · renault
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:38.806 · 23 laps · bmw
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:39.032 · 17 laps · bmw
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:39.145 · 18 laps · mercedes
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:39.459 · 15 laps · toyota
14	Romain Grosjean	Renault	Q1 1:39.322 · 16 laps · renault
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.912 · 17 laps · ferrari
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:39.531 · 11 laps · mercedes
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:39.795 · 8 laps · toyota
18	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:39.807 · 10 laps · toyota
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.925 · 10 laps · ferrari
20	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Q1 1:41.413 · 13 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.498 · mercedes
2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:39.532 · mercedes
3	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:39.563 · mercedes
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39.789 · renault
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:39.821 · mercedes
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.144 · ferrari
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:40.185 · toyota
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:40.236 · renault
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40.239 · renault
10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:40.512 · bmw
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:38.826 · bmw
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:38.846 · mercedes
13	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:38.991 · toyota
14	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:39.040 · renault
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:39.514 · ferrari
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:39.531 · mercedes
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:39.795 · toyota
18	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:39.807 · toyota
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:39.925 · ferrari
20	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	1:41.413 · 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	72
2	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	54
3	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	51.5
4	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
5	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29.5
6	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
8	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22.5
9	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
10	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
11	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
12	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
13	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
14	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
15	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
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	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	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	Rubens Barrichello	1	1:42.460
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	2	1:42.636
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:42.654
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	4	1:43.074
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:43.088
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	6	1:43.209
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	7	1:43.225
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	8	1:43.243
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:43.345
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:43.384
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	11	1:43.389
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	12	1:43.419
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	13	1:43.637
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	14	1:43.746
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	15	1:44.040
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	16	1:44.126
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	17	1:44.356
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:44.638
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	19	1:44.732
freePractice1Results	Luca Badoer	20	1:45.840
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:39.404
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	2	1:40.178
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	1:40.209
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:40.385
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	5	1:40.503
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	6	1:40.596
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	7	1:40.643
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	8	1:40.681
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	9	1:40.723
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	10	1:40.738
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:40.739
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	12	1:40.770
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	13	1:40.787
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	14	1:40.956
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	15	1:40.985
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	16	1:41.156
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	17	1:41.350
freePractice2Results	Luca Badoer	18	1:42.017
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	19	1:42.089
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	20	1:43.214
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	1	1:39.143
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	2	1:39.247
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	3	1:39.513
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	4	1:39.553
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:39.732
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	6	1:39.764
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	7	1:39.883
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:39.950
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	9	1:40.017
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	10	1:40.088
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	11	1:40.118
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	12	1:40.192
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	13	1:40.230
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1:40.260
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:40.402
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	16	1:40.443
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	17	1:40.879
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	18	1:40.916
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	19	1:41.125
freePractice3Results	Luca Badoer	20	1:42.198

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Romain Grosjean	1	1	25.808
Timo Glock	1	1	24.016
Sébastien Buemi	1	1	25.134
Lewis Hamilton	1	16	22.218
Sebastian Vettel	1	16	21.534
Robert Kubica	1	16	21.571
Heikki Kovalainen	1	17	21.054
Fernando Alonso	1	17	21.648
Sebastian Vettel	2	17	23.185
Kimi Räikkönen	1	19	20.989
Jenson Button	1	19	20.558
Rubens Barrichello	1	20	20.972
Nico Rosberg	1	20	21.578
Mark Webber	1	20	22.132
Nick Heidfeld	1	22	20.749
Adrian Sutil	1	22	18.664
Jaime Alguersuari	1	22	20.949
Sébastien Buemi	2	23	20.964
Romain Grosjean	2	28	18.913
Luca Badoer	1	28	19.445
Kazuki Nakajima	1	30	21.925
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	31	22.022
Timo Glock	2	32	19.278
Luca Badoer	2	32	08.757
Jaime Alguersuari	2	33	19.480
Jarno Trulli	1	34	21.019
Lewis Hamilton	2	37	25.599
Heikki Kovalainen	2	38	20.407
Adrian Sutil	2	38	21.605
Rubens Barrichello	2	40	19.021
Kimi Räikkönen	2	40	19.718
Robert Kubica	2	40	19.981
Kazuki Nakajima	2	39	22.245
Fernando Alonso	2	42	18.638
Jenson Button	2	42	17.838
Romain Grosjean	3	42	19.679
Nico Rosberg	2	43	19.311
Mark Webber	2	43	20.321
Nick Heidfeld	2	43	18.505
Luca Badoer	3	43	19.507
Timo Glock	3	49	16.941