2009 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

2009 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit de Monaco
Circuit de Monaco
Race details[1]
Date 24 May 2009
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2009
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.34 km (2.08 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Brawn-Mercedes
Time 1:14.902
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari
Time 1:15.154 on lap 50
Podium
First Brawn-Mercedes
Second Brawn-Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2009 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2009)[2] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 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.[3]

This year a peace and sport initiative was introduced on this Grand Prix under the High Patronage of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.[4] Sébastien Bourdais scored his last world championship points at this race.

  1. ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2009". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Monaco". Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Classy Button eases to Monaco win". BBC Sport. 24 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Peace and Sport - Be Part of What Matters". Peace and Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2020.