2009 Monaco Grand Prix
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| Race 6 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One season | |||
Circuit de Monaco
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| Date | May 24, 2009 | ||
| Official name | LXVII Grand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.34 km (2.08 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:14.902 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Felipe Massa
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:15.154 on lap 50 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Brawn-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 2009 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that was held on the 24 May 2009 at the Circuit de Monaco, in Monaco. The race, which was contested over 78 laps, was the sixth round of the 2009 Formula One season. It was won by Brawn GP driver Jenson Button, with his teammate Rubens Barrichello second, and Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen third.
This year a peace and sport initiative was introduced on this Grand Prix under the High Patronage of Albert II, Prince of Monaco. Sébastien Bourdais scored his last ever world championship points at this race.
The first five races of the championship ended with Brawn driver Jenson Button leading the Drivers Championship by 14 points from teammate Rubens Barrichello, having claimed 41 points out of a possible 45. Their Brawn GP team was leading the Constructors Championship with 68 points; second-placed Red Bull had 38.5, with their driver Sebastian Vettel third place in the drivers championship. Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was only in seventh place, having accumulated nine points.
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