2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Race 17 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 1 November 2009
Official name 2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Location Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course Yas Marina Circuit
Course length 5.554 km (3.451 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 305.470 km (189.810 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:40.948
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:40.279 on lap 54
Podium
First Red Bull-Renault
Second Red Bull-Renault
Third Brawn-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially the 2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)[1] was the seventeenth and final Formula One motor race of the 2009 Formula One season. It took place on 1 November 2009 at the 5.554 kilometres (3.451 mi) Hermann Tilke-designed[2] Yas Marina Circuit. It was the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and also the first ever day-night Grand Prix (starting at 17:00, with sunset at 17:43 on raceday).

The race was won by Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull, with polesitter Lewis Hamilton (driving for McLaren) having retired due to a brake failure.[3] This was the last Formula One race for Kazuki Nakajima and Giancarlo Fisichella and the Brawn GP, BMW Sauber and Toyota teams (respectively). As of 2023 this is the last race to feature in-race refuelling, as the practice was banned for the 2010 season.

  1. ^ "Abu Dhabi". Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Yas Marina Circuit construction progressing". Gulf News. 2008-09-12. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  3. ^ "Vettel wins as Hamilton drops out". BBC Sport. 2009-11-01. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-02.