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2009 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2009 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/818-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 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

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

2009 Formula 1 World Championship · round 15

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:28:20.443 · 53 laps · renault	10
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:28:25.320 · 53 laps · toyota	8
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:28:26.915 · 53 laps · mercedes	6
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28:28.383 · 53 laps · ferrari	5
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:28:29.236 · 53 laps · toyota	4
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:28:29.952 · 53 laps · bmw	3
7	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:28:31.084 · 53 laps · mercedes	2
8	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:28:31.917 · 53 laps · mercedes	1
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:28:32.220 · 53 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
10	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:28:33.508 · 53 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	1:28:34.178 · 53 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:28:35.039 · 53 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:28:35.402 · 53 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:28:36.177 · 53 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:28:38.416 · 53 laps · toyota	Unknown / not applicable
16	Romain Grosjean	Renault	Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Time not recorded · 51 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Accident · Time not recorded · 43 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Clutch · Time not recorded · 11 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Timo Glock	Toyota	Injury · Time not recorded · 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 1:30.883 · 14 laps · renault
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	Q1 1:31.063 · 20 laps · toyota
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:30.917 · 21 laps · mercedes
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:31.386 · 20 laps · mercedes
5	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	Q1 1:31.272 · 18 laps · mercedes
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:31.501 · 19 laps · bmw
7	Jenson Button	Brawn	Q1 1:31.041 · 18 laps · mercedes
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:31.228 · 23 laps · ferrari
9	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Q1 1:31.499 · 21 laps · mercedes
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:31.196 · 12 laps · ferrari
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams	Q1 1:31.286 · 17 laps · toyota
12	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Q1 1:31.401 · 14 laps · renault
13	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Q1 1:31.417 · 15 laps · bmw
14	Timo Glock	Toyota	Q1 1:31.550 · 13 laps · toyota
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:31.571 · 14 laps · ferrari
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	Q1 1:31.704 · 11 laps · ferrari
17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	Q1 1:31.718 · 8 laps · toyota
18	Romain Grosjean	Renault	Q1 1:32.073 · 8 laps · renault
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:32.087 · 9 laps · mercedes

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:32.160 · renault
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:32.220 · toyota
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.395 · mercedes
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:32.945 · bmw
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.980 · ferrari
6	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn	1:32.660 · mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Williams	1:31.482 · toyota
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.466 · mercedes
9	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32.341 · bmw
10	Jenson Button	Brawn	1:32.962 · mercedes
11	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren	Time not recorded · mercedes
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · ferrari
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · ferrari
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704 · ferrari
15	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams	1:31.718 · toyota
16	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.638 · renault
17	Romain Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073 · renault
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:32.087 · mercedes
PL	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Time not recorded · renault

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	85
2	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	71
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	69
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	51.5
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	45
6	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30.5
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	15
14	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
16	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
17	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
19	Kazuki Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Luca Badoer	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

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	Heikki Kovalainen	1	1:40.356
freePractice1Results	Kazuki Nakajima	2	1:40.648
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	3	1:40.806
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	4	1:40.985
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	5	1:41.421
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	6	1:41.443
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:41.532
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	8	1:41.577
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	9	1:41.821
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:42.188
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	11	1:42.332
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	1:42.475
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	13	1:42.657
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	14	1:42.667
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	15	1:42.833
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	16	1:42.977
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	17	1:43.218
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	18	1:43.318
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	19	1:43.407
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	20	1:43.572
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	1	1:47.261
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:47.923
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	1:47.931
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:47.983
freePractice2Results	Kazuki Nakajima	5	1:48.058
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	6	1:48.691
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:48.693
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	8	1:48.737
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	9	1:48.802
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	10	1:48.861
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1:48.886
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:49.054
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	13	1:49.382
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	14	1:49.405
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	15	1:49.553
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	16	1:49.872
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	17	1:50.179
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	1	1:31.709
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	2	1:31.771
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	3	1:32.343
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:32.414
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	5	1:32.445
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	6	1:32.467
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	7	1:32.488
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	8	1:32.546
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	9	1:32.668
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	10	1:32.689
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	11	1:32.717
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	12	1:32.736
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	13	1:32.742
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	14	1:32.749
freePractice3Results	Kazuki Nakajima	15	1:32.752
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	16	1:32.789
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	17	1:32.848
freePractice3Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	18	1:32.878
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	19	1:32.930
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	20	1:33.167

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Mark Webber	1	1	31.836
Mark Webber	2	2	1:00.406
Mark Webber	3	4	24.089
Lewis Hamilton	1	15	25.285
Adrian Sutil	1	15	27.650
Jarno Trulli	1	16	26.604
Jenson Button	1	17	25.776
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	17	26.099
Sebastian Vettel	1	18	29.989
Nick Heidfeld	1	18	25.765
Kimi Räikkönen	1	18	24.928
Rubens Barrichello	1	18	26.464
Nico Rosberg	1	22	25.812
Jaime Alguersuari	1	22	25.618
Heikki Kovalainen	1	24	24.871
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	25	24.341
Robert Kubica	1	26	24.192
Kazuki Nakajima	1	27	26.835
Romain Grosjean	1	29	27.915
Fernando Alonso	1	30	27.282
Mark Webber	4	33	26.734
Kimi Räikkönen	2	35	24.571
Nick Heidfeld	2	36	26.949
Lewis Hamilton	2	37	23.828
Jarno Trulli	2	39	23.765
Heikki Kovalainen	2	39	26.897
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	39	24.448
Adrian Sutil	2	39	24.175
Sebastian Vettel	2	40	25.316
Jenson Button	2	40	23.815
Robert Kubica	2	41	25.119
Rubens Barrichello	2	42	23.449
Jaime Alguersuari	2	43	23.191
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	43	23.210
Nico Rosberg	2	45	24.888
Mark Webber	5	45	30.045