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Race details[1]
Date
19 April 2009
Official name
2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix
Location
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance
56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather
Rain
Attendance
120,000 (Weekend)[2]
Pole position
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Time
1:36.184
Fastest lap
Driver
Rubens Barrichello
Brawn-Mercedes
Time
1:52.592 on lap 42
Podium
First
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Second
Mark Webber
Red Bull-Renault
Third
Jenson Button
Brawn-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix)[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 19 April 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third race of the 2009 Formula One season, a change from previous years, when it took place towards the end of the season.
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing won the race after starting from pole position. Both the race win and pole position were the first for Red Bull team.[4]
Mark Webber, also of Red Bull, finished second followed by the two Brawn GP's of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth, ahead of Toyota's Timo Glock and Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sébastien Buemi in seventh and eighth.
^"Chinese Grand Prix Preview". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
^"Shanghai F1: A glass half full or half empty?[1]|chinadaily.com.cn". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
^"Chinese". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^Whyatt, Chris (2009-04-19). "Vettel seals first Red Bull win". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
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