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2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/806-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 Chinese Grand Prix · Shanghai International Circuit

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

2009 Formula 1 World Championship · round 3

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:57:43.485 · 56 laps · renault	10
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:57:54.455 · 56 laps · renault	8
3	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:58:28.460 · 56 laps · mercedes	6
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:58:47.189 · 56 laps · mercedes	5
5	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:58:48.587 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:58:55.351 · 56 laps · mercedes	3
7	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:58:57.961 · 56 laps · toyota	2
8	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:58:59.924 · 56 laps · ferrari	1
9	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:59:07.794 · 56 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:59:15.235 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
11	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:59:17.641 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:59:19.319 · 56 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:59:30.338 · 56 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
15	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Accident · Time not recorded · 50 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Transmission · Time not recorded · 43 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Electrical · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 18 laps · toyota	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 1:36.565 · 11 laps · renault
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:36.443 · 21 laps · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:35.751 · 19 laps · renault
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	Q1 1:35.701 · 21 laps · mercedes
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	Q1 1:35.533 · 19 laps · mercedes
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:36.308 · 21 laps · toyota
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:35.941 · 23 laps · toyota
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.137 · 19 laps · ferrari
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:35.776 · 17 laps · mercedes
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.284 · 21 laps · ferrari
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:36.525 · 14 laps · bmw
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:36.646 · 10 laps · mercedes
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.178 · 11 laps · ferrari
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:36.364 · 14 laps · toyota
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:36.673 · 13 laps · toyota
16	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.906 · 10 laps · ferrari
17	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:36.908 · 10 laps · renault
18	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:36.966 · 8 laps · bmw
19	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:37.669 · 10 laps · mercedes
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	Q1 1:37.672 · 10 laps · mercedes

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.184 · renault
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.381 · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:36.466 · renault
4	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:36.493 · mercedes
5	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:36.532 · mercedes
6	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.835 · toyota
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:37.397 · toyota
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:38.089 · ferrari
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:38.595 · mercedes
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:39.321 · ferrari
11	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:35.975 · bmw
12	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:36.032 · mercedes
13	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.033 · ferrari
14	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:36.193 · toyota
15	Sébastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso	1:36.906 · ferrari
16	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Renault	1:36.908 · renault
17	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.966 · bmw
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.669 · mercedes
19	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:36.066 · toyota
20	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:37.672 · 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	21
2	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
4	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
5	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9.5
6	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8.5
7	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
8	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
10	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
11	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3.5
12	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
13	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
14	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
15	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Nelson Piquet Jr.	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	1:37.334
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	2	1:37.450
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	1:37.566
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	4	1:37.672
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	5	1:37.752
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	6	1:37.764
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:37.860
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	8	1:37.894
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:38.089
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Bourdais	10	1:38.195
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:38.223
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	12	1:38.274
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	13	1:38.307
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	14	1:38.319
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	15	1:38.418
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	16	1:38.456
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	17	1:38.460
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	18	1:38.463
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	19	1:38.730
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	20	1:38.825
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	1	1:35.679
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:35.704
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	3	1:35.881
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	4	1:36.105
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:36.167
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	6	1:36.217
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	7	1:36.377
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	8	1:36.548
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	9	1:36.674
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Bourdais	10	1:36.800
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:36.829
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	12	1:36.847
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	13	1:36.941
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1:37.054
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	15	1:37.219
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	16	1:37.273
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	17	1:37.491
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	18	1:37.544
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	19	1:37.638
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	20	1:37.750
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:36.133
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	2	1:36.272
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:36.330
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	4	1:36.463
freePractice3Results	Nelson Piquet Jr.	5	1:36.464
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:36.528
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	7	1:36.547
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	8	1:36.560
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	9	1:36.568
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:36.642
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	11	1:36.702
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	12	1:36.742
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	13	1:36.742
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Bourdais	14	1:36.834
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	15	1:37.330
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	16	1:37.349
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	17	1:37.534
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	18	1:37.732
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	19	1:38.003
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	20	1:39.110

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Adrian Sutil	1	4	29.271
Nico Rosberg	1	5	28.515
Fernando Alonso	1	7	35.638
Mark Webber	1	14	28.688
Sebastian Vettel	1	15	27.906
Robert Kubica	1	17	37.122
Nick Heidfeld	1	18	28.815
Jenson Button	1	19	28.345
Rubens Barrichello	1	19	29.162
Sébastien Buemi	1	19	29.707
Adrian Sutil	2	19	30.660
Nelson Piquet Jr.	1	21	27.889
Timo Glock	1	24	29.534
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	30.038
Nelson Piquet Jr.	2	28	37.897
Sébastien Bourdais	1	30	29.588
Kazuki Nakajima	1	32	27.493
Lewis Hamilton	1	33	26.650
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	33	28.214
Heikki Kovalainen	1	34	25.139
Fernando Alonso	2	35	26.291
Robert Kubica	2	35	31.839
Sebastian Vettel	2	37	27.953
Mark Webber	2	39	26.060
Nico Rosberg	2	40	26.434
Kazuki Nakajima	2	40	28.736
Jenson Button	2	42	26.177
Rubens Barrichello	2	43	25.105
Sébastien Buemi	2	45	25.109
Nelson Piquet Jr.	3	45	52.114
Nico Rosberg	3	48	25.038