The British Grand Prix 2009 was the 8th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on June 21st.

Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Mark Webber, and Rubens Barrichello completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
1:22:49.328
Finished
2
1
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+15.188
Finished
3
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Brawn
+41.175
Finished
4
7
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+45.043
Finished
5
2
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+45.915
Finished
6
-
BUT
Jenson Button
Brawn
+46.285
Finished
7
3
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:08.307
Finished
8
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+1:09.622
Finished
9
1
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+1:09.823
Finished
10
6
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+1:11.522
Finished
11
6
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+1:14.023
Finished
12
2
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+1 Lap
13
1
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
14
4
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+1 Lap
15
-
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
16
2
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+1 Lap
17
3
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+1 Lap
18
1
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
19
2
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
Collision
20
7
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
Collision
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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 2 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, .

Collision

  • Sébastien Bourdais
    Lap 37
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    Lap 36

Qualifying

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

Sebastian Vettel managed to get the pole position by 0.347 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:19.509. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Rubens Barrichello.

Q1

  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:18.530
  • Mark Webber
    1:18.674
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:18.685
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:18.886
  • Jenson Button
    1:18.957
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:19.010
  • Felipe Massa
    1:19.148
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:19.167
  • Timo Glock
    1:19.198
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:19.228
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:19.325
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:19.555
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:19.559
  • Robert Kubica
    1:19.730
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:19.732
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:19.802
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:19.898
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:19.909
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:19.917
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:20.236

Q2

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:18.119
  • Mark Webber
    1:18.209
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:18.240
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:18.335
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:18.566
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:18.575
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:18.591
  • Jenson Button
    1:18.663
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:18.761
  • Timo Glock
    1:18.791
  • Felipe Massa
    1:18.927
  • Robert Kubica
    1:19.308
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:19.353
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:19.392
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:19.448

Q3

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:19.509
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:19.856
  • Mark Webber
    1:19.868
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:20.091
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:20.216
  • Jenson Button
    1:20.289
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:20.361
  • Timo Glock
    1:20.490
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:20.715
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:20.741

Track evolution

Q1
-0.407
seconds faster
Q2
1.729
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 14 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.