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2009 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	April 5, 2009
Official name	XI Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.543 km (3.376 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (189.056 miles)
Weather	TBA
Pole position
Driver	Jenson Button	Brawn GP
Time	1.35.181
Fastest lap
Driver	TBA	TBA
Time	TBA on lap TBA
Podium
First	TBA	TBA
Second	TBA	TBA
Third	TBA	TBA

The 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the XI Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) will be a Formula One race to be held on April 5, 2009 at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It will be the second race of the 2009 Formula One season.

Background

Kimi Räikkönen won last year's race for Ferrari and has also previously won in Malaysia in 2003 for McLaren-Mercedes. Previous winners Giancarlo Fisichella (2006) and Fernando Alonso (2005 and 2007) will also compete in this race.

After the Australian Grand Prix, Jenson Button leads the Drivers' Championship by 2 points from Rubens Barrichello and by 4 points from Jarno Trulli. Brawn GP lead the Constructors' Championship by 7 points from Toyota and by 14 points from Renault.

Report

Practice

Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima secured a Williams one-two in the first session with times of 1:36.260 and 1:36.305 minutes respectively. In the second session, Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa went quickest with times of 1:35.707 and 1:35.832 minutes. After 18 laps, Räikkönen's cockpit began to billow out smoke, and though Ferrari did not give an official statement, there are reports that the car's KERS system had overheated.

Classification

Qualifying

Cars that employed KERS are marked with "‡"

Pos	No	Name	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:35.058	1:33.784	1:35.181	1
2	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:34.745	1:33.990	1:35.273	2
3	15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:34.935	1:34.276	1:35.518	13
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:34.681	1:34.387	1:35.651	9
5	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:34.907	1:34.258	1:35.690	3
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:35.083	1:34.547	1:35.750	4
7	14	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.027	1:34.222	1:35.797	5
8	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:35.166	1:34.562	1:36.106	6
9	4‡	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:35.476	1:34.456	1:36.170	7
10	7‡	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:35.260	1:34.706	1:37.659	8
11	5‡	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:35.110	1:34.769		10
12	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:35.341	1:34.788		11
13	1‡	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.280	1:34.905		12
14	2‡	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.023	1:34.924		14
15	11	Sebastien Bourdais	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.507	1:35.431		15
16	3‡	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.642			16
17	8‡	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:35.708			17
18	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.908			18
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.951			19
20	12	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.107			20

Template:FnbSebastian Vettel has been issued a 10 place grid-penalty for causing an avoidable accident involving Robert Kubica at the Australian Grand Prix.

Template:FnbRubens Barrichello received a 5 place grid-penalty for a gearbox change.

References

1. ^ "Championship Classification". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
2. "Raikkonen tops Malaysia practice". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
3. "Vettel gets 10-place grid penalty". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-03-29. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
4. "Barrichello gets 5 place penalty". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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