2009 Chinese Grand Prix

2009 Chinese Grand Prix
2009 Chinese Grand Prix
Race 3 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date	19 April 2009
Official name	2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix
Location	Shanghai International Circuit; Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather	Rain
Attendance	120,000 (Weekend)
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel;
Time	1:36.184
Fastest lap
Driver	Rubens Barrichello
Time	1:52.592 on lap 42
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel;
Second	Mark Webber;
Third	Jenson Button;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix)^[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 19 April 2009 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It was the third race of the 2009 Formula One season, a change from previous years, when it took place towards the end of the season.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing won the race after starting from pole position. Both the race win and pole position were the first for Red Bull team.^[4] Mark Webber, also of Red Bull, finished second followed by the two Brawn GP's of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth, ahead of Toyota's Timo Glock and Scuderia Toro Rosso's Sébastien Buemi in seventh and eighth.

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