The Malaysian Grand Prix 2009 was the 2nd round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 5th.
Jenson Button won the race from the pole, followed by Nick Heidfeld, and Timo Glock 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 were some incidents during the race, with 5 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Sebastian Vettel, Sébastien Buemi, Giancarlo Fisichella, and Heikki Kovalainen, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, and Robert Kubica, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 1.
Spun off
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Sebastian VettelLap 30
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Sébastien BuemiLap 30
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 29
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Heikki KovalainenLap 0
Engine
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Robert KubicaLap 1
Qualifying
Jenson Button managed to get the pole position by 0.092 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:35.181. 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 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. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.