Victory for Sebastian Vettel and RedBull in Japan, Jarno Trulli with Toyota is second, which offers a podium to the Japanese constructor in front of its public.
Timo Glock was off and Mark Webber started from the pits. Following many discussions about the Saturday's penalties, the starting grid was rather different compared to the results from the qualifications.
Sebastian Vettel carried out from beginning to the end. Following a new crash of Jaime Alguersuari with Toro Rosso, the safety car intervened eight laps before the end.
The race started back with four laps to go. Sebastian Vettel gains his third victory of the season. Lewis Hamilton is on the podium. Jenson Button and Brawn GP have to wait to be champions.
Classification of the Japanese grand prix 2009
1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 53 laps 1.28'20"443
2 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 4"877
3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 6"472
4 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 7"940
5 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 8"793
6 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW F1.09) - 9"509
7 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 10"641
8 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 11"474
9 - Robert Kubica (BMW F1.09) - 11"777
10 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 13"065
11 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 13"735
12 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari F60) - 14"596
13 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 14"959
14 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 15"734
15 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 17"973
16 - Romain Grosjean (Renault R29) - 1 lap
17 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 2 laps
Best lap: Mark Webber 1'32"569
Retirements
43th lap - Jaime Alguersuari
11th lap - Sebastien Buemi
Didn't participate
Timo Glock
Standings of the drivers world championship
1.Button 85; 2.Barrichello 71; 3.Vettel 69; 4.Webber 51,5; 5.Raikkonen 45; 6.Hamilton 43; 7.Rosberg 34,5; 8.Trulli 30,5; 9.Alonso 26; 10.Glock 24; 11.Massa, Kovalainen 22; 13.Heidfeld 15; 14.Kubica 9; 15.Fisichella 8; 16.Sutil 5; 17.Buemi 3; 18.Bourdais 2.
Standings of the constructors world championship
1.Brawn-Mercedes 156; 2.Red Bull-Renault 120,5; 3.Ferrari 67; 4.McLaren-Mercedes 65; 5.Toyota 54,5; 6.Williams-Toyota 34,5; 7.Renault 26; 8.BMW 24; 9.Force India-Mercedes 13; 10.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5.
**Unofficial results**
Timo Glock was off and Mark Webber started from the pits. Following many discussions about the Saturday's penalties, the starting grid was rather different compared to the results from the qualifications.
Sebastian Vettel carried out from beginning to the end. Following a new crash of Jaime Alguersuari with Toro Rosso, the safety car intervened eight laps before the end.
The race started back with four laps to go. Sebastian Vettel gains his third victory of the season. Lewis Hamilton is on the podium. Jenson Button and Brawn GP have to wait to be champions.
Classification of the Japanese grand prix 2009
1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 53 laps 1.28'20"443
2 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 4"877
3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 6"472
4 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 7"940
5 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 8"793
6 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW F1.09) - 9"509
7 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 10"641
8 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 11"474
9 - Robert Kubica (BMW F1.09) - 11"777
10 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 13"065
11 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 13"735
12 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari F60) - 14"596
13 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 14"959
14 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 15"734
15 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 17"973
16 - Romain Grosjean (Renault R29) - 1 lap
17 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 2 laps
Best lap: Mark Webber 1'32"569
Retirements
43th lap - Jaime Alguersuari
11th lap - Sebastien Buemi
Didn't participate
Timo Glock
Standings of the drivers world championship
1.Button 85; 2.Barrichello 71; 3.Vettel 69; 4.Webber 51,5; 5.Raikkonen 45; 6.Hamilton 43; 7.Rosberg 34,5; 8.Trulli 30,5; 9.Alonso 26; 10.Glock 24; 11.Massa, Kovalainen 22; 13.Heidfeld 15; 14.Kubica 9; 15.Fisichella 8; 16.Sutil 5; 17.Buemi 3; 18.Bourdais 2.
Standings of the constructors world championship
1.Brawn-Mercedes 156; 2.Red Bull-Renault 120,5; 3.Ferrari 67; 4.McLaren-Mercedes 65; 5.Toyota 54,5; 6.Williams-Toyota 34,5; 7.Renault 26; 8.BMW 24; 9.Force India-Mercedes 13; 10.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5.
**Unofficial results**