The Japanese Grand Prix 2009 was the 15th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, on October 4th.
Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Jarno Trulli, and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium.
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 race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 3 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Jaime Alguersuari, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 43, Sébastien Buemi, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 11, and Timo Glock, who was injured on lap 0.
Accident
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Jaime AlguersuariLap 43
Clutch
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Sébastien BuemiLap 11
Injured
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Timo GlockLap 0
Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.06 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:32.160. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Jarno Trulli.
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 10 out of the 13 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.