The Brazilian Grand Prix 2009 was the 16th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, on October 18th.
Mark Webber won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Robert Kubica, and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 17th position of the grid.
Rubens Barrichello started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 8th.
Final results
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 were some incidents during the race, with 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Kazuki Nakajima, Adrian Sutil, Jarno Trulli, and Fernando Alonso, all of whom had to retire due to an accident, Nico Rosberg, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 27, and Nick Heidfeld, who run out of fuel on lap 21.
Accident
-
Kazuki NakajimaLap 30
-
Adrian SutilLap 0
-
Jarno TrulliLap 0
-
Fernando AlonsoLap 0
Gearbox
-
Nico RosbergLap 27
Out of fuel
-
Nick HeidfeldLap 21
Qualifying
Rubens Barrichello managed to get the pole position by 0.092 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:19.576. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Mark Webber.
Track evolution
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 all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.
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. It therefore comes as no surprise that 9 out of the 10 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.