The Bahrain Grand Prix 2009 was the 4th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on April 26th.

Jenson Button won the race after starting in the 4th position, followed by Sebastian Vettel, and Jarno Trulli, who originally had the pole position, completing the podium.

Final results

1
3
BUT
Jenson Button
Brawn
1:31:48.182
Finished
2
1
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
+7.187
Finished
3
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+9.170
Finished
4
1
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+22.096
Finished
5
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Brawn
+37.779
Finished
6
4
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+42.057
Finished
7
5
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+42.880
Finished
8
1
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+52.775
Finished
9
-
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+58.198
Finished
10
5
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+1:05.149
Finished
11
7
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+1:07.641
Finished
12
1
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
+1:17.824
Finished
13
7
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
+1:18.805
Finished
14
6
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+1 Lap
15
2
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+1 Lap
16
3
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+1 Lap
17
1
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
18
5
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
19
5
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
20
8
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
Oil pressure
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 1 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, .

Oil pressure

  • Kazuki Nakajima
    Lap 48

Qualifying

#1
TRU
#2
GLO
#3
VET
#4
BUT
#5
HAM
#6
BAR
#7
ALO
#8
MAS
#9
ROS
#10
RAI
#11
KOV
#12
NAK
#13
KUB
#14
HEI
#15
PIQ
#16
SUT
#17
BUE
#18
FIS
#19
WEB
#20
BOU

Jarno Trulli managed to get the pole position by 0.281 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:33.431. Timo Glock was right behind him, helping Toyota score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Q1

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:32.680
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:32.799
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:32.851
  • Jenson Button
    1:32.978
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:33.116
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:33.117
  • Timo Glock
    1:33.165
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:33.221
  • Felipe Massa
    1:33.297
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.377
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:33.479
  • Robert Kubica
    1:33.495
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:33.608
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:33.627
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:33.672
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:33.722
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:33.753
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:33.910
  • Mark Webber
    1:34.038
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:34.159

Q2

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:32.474
  • Timo Glock
    1:32.613
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:32.671
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:32.827
  • Jenson Button
    1:32.842
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:32.842
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:32.860
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:32.877
  • Felipe Massa
    1:33.014
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:33.166
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:33.242
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:33.348
  • Robert Kubica
    1:33.487
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.562
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:33.941

Q3

  • Jarno Trulli
    1:33.431
  • Timo Glock
    1:33.712
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:34.015
  • Jenson Button
    1:34.044
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:34.196
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:34.239
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:34.578
  • Felipe Massa
    1:34.818
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:35.134
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:35.380

Track evolution

Q1
-0.181
seconds faster
Q2
1.536
seconds slower
Q3

As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 11 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.

The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.