Mark Webber wins 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix, Jenson Button and Brawn win championship

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Monday, October 19, 2009

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Red Bull driver Mark Webber won the FIA Formula One 2009 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil Saturday at Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil.

Interlagos (Autódromo José Carlos Pace)

Robert Kubica came in second for BMW Sauber, and Lewis Hamilton finished third for McLaren.

Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel started from 15th place on the starting grid after he couldn't come up from the first qualification session, but finished 4th in front of his championship rival.

Brawn Grand Prix driver Jenson Button finished 5th to win his title. His team, representing the remnants of Honda Racing, also won the 2009 Constructors' championship after leading through the season.

The team's road to victory was not smooth — a scandal broke with the "double-decker diffuser" of the BGP001 car. After the FIA declared them legal and other teams started to borrow the idea, Brawn sped up by collecting points on the way to the title.

Brawn GP, the winning constructor

Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) and Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) dropped one place from the starting grid and finished behind Button.

Button's teammate and possible vice-champion Rubens Barrichello, who won pole position on his home soil after nearly three hours of a long rainy qualification session, had a tire puncture on the dying laps of the race and was forced to make an unscheduled third visit to his pit. He closed in the top eight.

This Brazil GP featured Japanese rookie driver, Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota), who replaced recovering Glock. In his first race this young driver qualified 11th and finished 10th in the race.

Adrian Sutil qualified 3rd for Force India, but was taken out by Jarno Trulli (Toyota) on the first lap.

Drivers

File photo of Mark Webber (2008)

Image: Mark McArdle. at flickr

Jenson Button, the current world champion

Image: Rick Dikeman.

Sources

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2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

• "Race results - Button & Brawn clinch the double as Webber wins". Formula1.com, October 18, 2009
• "Jenson Button takes Formula One crown". Deutsche Welle, October 18, 2009
• "Mark Webber takes plaudits after fiery first lap in Brazil". The Guardian, October 18, 2009
• "Button’s road to glory - how keeping the faith finally paid off". Formula1.com, October 18, 2009
• "Jenson Button's triumph caps Brawn team's extraordinary season". The Telegraph, October 18, 2009
• "Jenson Button wins Formula 1 world championship: key moments". The Telegraph, October 18, 2009
  

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