The Spanish Grand Prix 2009 was the 5th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain, on May 10th.

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

Final results

1
-
BUT
Jenson Button
Brawn
1:37:19.202
Finished
2
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Brawn
+13.056
Finished
3
2
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+13.924
Finished
4
2
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
+18.941
Finished
5
3
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Renault
+43.166
Finished
6
2
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+50.827
Finished
7
6
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+52.312
Finished
8
1
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1:05.211
Finished
9
5
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+1 Lap
10
4
GLO
Timo Glock
Toyota
+1 Lap
11
1
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
12
-
PIQ
Nelson Piquet Jr.
Renault
+1 Lap
13
2
NAK
Kazuki Nakajima
Williams
+1 Lap
14
6
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Force India
+1 Lap
15
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Hydraulics
16
2
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
McLaren
Gearbox
17
10
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
Collision
18
3
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
Collision
19
2
BOU
Sébastien Bourdais
Toro Rosso
Collision
20
1
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
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 were some incidents during the race, with 6 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Kimi Räikkönen, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 17, Heikki Kovalainen, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 7, and Jarno Trulli, Sébastien Buemi, Sébastien Bourdais, and Adrian Sutil, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.

Hydraulics

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    Lap 17

Gearbox

  • Heikki Kovalainen
    Lap 7

Collision

  • Jarno Trulli
    Lap 0
  • Sébastien Buemi
    Lap 0
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    Lap 0
  • Adrian Sutil
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Jenson Button managed to get the pole position by 0.133 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:20.527. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Sebastian Vettel.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:20.484
  • Mark Webber
    1:20.689
  • Jenson Button
    1:20.707
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:20.715
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:20.745
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:20.808
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:20.818
  • Timo Glock
    1:20.877
  • Robert Kubica
    1:20.931
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:20.991
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:21.033
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:21.095
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:21.128
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.186
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:21.189
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:21.291
  • Sébastien Bourdais
    1:21.300
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:21.675
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:21.742
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:22.204

Q2

  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:19.954
  • Mark Webber
    1:20.007
  • Timo Glock
    1:20.107
  • Felipe Massa
    1:20.149
  • Jenson Button
    1:20.192
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:20.220
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:20.256
  • Robert Kubica
    1:20.408
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:20.420
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:20.509
  • Kazuki Nakajima
    1:20.531
  • Nelson Piquet Jr.
    1:20.604
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:20.676
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:20.805
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:21.067

Q3

  • Jenson Button
    1:20.527
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:20.660
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:20.762
  • Felipe Massa
    1:20.934
  • Mark Webber
    1:21.049
  • Timo Glock
    1:21.247
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:21.254
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:21.392
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:22.558
  • Robert Kubica
    1:22.685

Track evolution

Q1
-0.499
seconds faster
Q2
1.085
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.