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Japanese Grand Prix

2009  ·  Suzuka Circuit  ·  4 October 2009  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull · 01:28:20.443
  2. 2nd Jarno Trulli Toyota · +4.877
  3. 3rd Lewis Hamilton McLaren · +6.472

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull  —  Pole position

02 Lap 43

Jaime Alguersuari

Retirement Toro Rosso  —  Accident

03 Fastest Lap

Mark Webber

Red Bull

04 On the Charge

Fernando Alonso

Renault  —  P16 → P10

05 Victory

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1 53 01:28:20.443 10
2 Jarno Trulli Toyota 2 53 +4.877 8
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 3 53 +6.472 6
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 5 53 +7.94 5
5 Nico Rosberg Williams 7 53 +8.793 4
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 4 53 +9.509 3
7 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 6 53 +10.641 2
8 Jenson Button Brawn 10 53 +11.474 1
9 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 9 53 +11.777
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 16 53 +13.065
11 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 11 53 +13.735
12 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 14 53 +14.596
13 Adrian Sutil Force India 8 53 +14.959
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 18 53 +15.734
15 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 15 53 +17.973
16 Romain Grosjean Renault 17 52 +1 Lap
17 Mark Webber Red Bull 19 51 +2 LapsFL
18 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 12 43 Accident
19 Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 13 11 Clutch
20 Timo Glock Toyota 20 0 Injured

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