2009 Belgian Grand Prix
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| Race 12 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One season | |||
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
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| Date | 30 August 2009 | ||
| Official name | LXV ING Belgian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Distance | 44 laps, 308.176 km (191.492 mi) | ||
| Weather | Clear but Mild | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Force India-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:46.308 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:47.263 on lap 38 (lap record) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Force India-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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The 2009 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LXV ING Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 August 2009 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the town of Spa, Belgium. It was the 12th race of the 2009 Formula One season. The race was contested over 44 laps, with an overall race distance of 308.2 km (191.5 mi). The race was won by 2007 world champion Kimi Räikkönen of Ferrari after starting from sixth on the grid.Giancarlo Fisichella of Force India came second after starting from the team's first pole position. Sebastian Vettel came third after starting from eighth on the grid.
It was Räikkönen's first grand prix victory since the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix and Ferrari's only victory of the season. Fisichella's second position gave Force India their first ever championship points and their first podium. This race also marks Fisichella's last points in Formula One, before he became a Ferrari test driver in 2010 and Räikkönen's 18th and last Grand Prix victory until the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This was the last race for Luca Badoer.
Jenson Button led the World Championship entering the Belgian race weekend despite not scoring a podium since early June. He had an 18-point lead over Brawn GP teammate Rubens Barrichello. Mark Webber was 2½ points behind Barrichello in third and was 4½ points ahead of Red Bull Racing teammate Sebastian Vettel. The respective recoveries of Ferrari and McLaren ensured that the last two World Champions, Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton, had scored podiums in the two races leading up to Belgium. Brawn GP led Red Bull Racing by 27½ points in the Constructors' Championship. The next team, Ferrari, were 52½ points behind Red Bull and 80 points behind Brawn. Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen, who had previously won the event three times, was the only former winner entered in the race.
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