- Winner
- Jenson Button
- Team
- Brawn
- Top listed
- Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, and Jarno Trulli
- Race date
- March 29, 2009
- Pole
- Jenson Button
- Fastest lap
- Nico Rosberg
- Classified drivers
- 20
- Circuit
- Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
The decisive result
Jenson Button finished first for Brawn. Rubens Barrichello is listed 2 for Brawn, with Jarno Trulli 3 for Toyota.
Grid to finish
Sébastien Bourdais from P17 to P8 (+9), Adrian Sutil from P16 to P9 (+7), and Sébastien Buemi from P13 to P7 (+6) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Jenson Button started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 11 Finished, 3 Collision damage, 1 +1 lap, 1 Accident, and 1 Brakes. Nico Rosberg holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:27.706 on lap 48. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.