2009 Malaysian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 2 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 5 April 2009 | ||
| Official name | XI Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.543 km (3.444 mi) | ||
| Distance | 31 laps, 171.833 km (106.795 mi) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry start, with heavy rain and thunder storm/ monsoon later | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1.35.181 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jenson Button
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Brawn-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:36.641 on lap 18 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
| Second | BMW Sauber | ||
| Third | Toyota | ||
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The 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the XI Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 5 April 2009 at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the second race of the 2009 Formula One season. The race was due to be contested over 56 laps, but due to torrential rain, the race was stopped after 31 laps. The race was won by Jenson Button for the Brawn GP team after starting from pole position. Nick Heidfeld was classified second for BMW Sauber with Timo Glock third for Toyota.
As the race did not reach the required 75% distance (42 laps) needed for full points to be awarded, half-points were given instead for only the fifth time in Formula One history, and the first since the 1991 Australian Grand Prix. The race distance of 171.833 km, was the fifth-shortest ever covered in a World Championship Grand Prix. Brawn GP became only the second constructor to win their first two World Championship Grands Prix since Alfa Romeo won the first two ever, in 1950.
The Grand Prix was contested by 20 drivers, in 10 teams of two. The teams, also known as "constructors", were Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes, Renault, Brawn, Force India, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull Racing, Williams and Toro Rosso.
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