2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 26 April 2009 | ||
| Official name | VI Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 mi) | ||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Toyota | ||
| Time | 1:33.431 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jarno Trulli
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Toyota | |
| Time | 1:34.556 on lap 10 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Third | Toyota | ||
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The 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 26 April 2009 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the sixth Bahrain Grand Prix and fourth race of the 2009 Formula One season.
The race was won by Jenson Button driving for Brawn after starting from fourth on the grid. Sebastian Vettel finished second for Red Bull and Jarno Trulli finished third for Toyota. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton drove to a season's best fourth position, followed by the second Brawn of Rubens Barrichello. Kimi Räikkönen picked up Ferrari's first points of the season in sixth, whilst Toyota's Timo Glock and Renault's Fernando Alonso finished in seventh and eighth position.
Going into the round, Brawn GP driver Jenson Button led the Drivers' Championship by 6 points from team-mate Rubens Barrichello. Barrichello led Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Timo Glock of Toyota F1 by 5 points in second. Brawn GP led the Chinese Grand Prix winners Red Bull Racing by 16½ points in the Constructors' Championship. Toyota were a further point back and the only other team to hit double figures.
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