2009 Season

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The 2009 Formula One season was the 60th to take place. The season consisted of 17 rounds starting on the 29th March with the Australian Grand Prix to the 1st November at the Abu Dhabi grand prix. 20 teams started the grid in Australia, the only team change was Honda becoming Brawn GP. Jenson Button clinched the Driver's championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix, with Brawn GP also clinching the constructors title.

Drivers

McLaren

Lewis Hamilton
Heikki Kovalainen

Ferrari

Felipe Massa/Luca Badoer/Giancarlo Fisichella
Kimi Raikkonen

BMW

Robert Kubica
Nick Heidfeld

Renault

Fernando Alonso
Nelson Piquet, Jr/Romain Grosjean

Toyota

Jarno Trulli
Timo Glock/Kamui Kobayashi

Toro Rosso

Sebastien Bourdais/Jaime Alguersuari
Sebastien Buemi

Red Bull

Mark Webber
Sebastian Vettel

Williams

Nico Rosberg
Kazuki Nakajima

Force India

Adrian Sutil
Giancarlo Fisichella/Vitantonio Liuzzi

Brawn GP

Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello

Drivers Championship

Driver	Points Earned
Jenson Button (World Champion)	95
Sebastian Vettel	84
Rubens Barrichello	77
Mark Webber	69.5
Lewis Hamilton	49
Kimi Raikkonen	48
Nico Rosberg	34.5
Jarno Trulli	32.5
Fernando Alonso	26
Timo Glock	24
Felipe Massa	22
Heikki Kovalainen	22
Nick Heidfeld	19
Nico Rosberg	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	8
Sebastien Buemi	6
Adrian Sutil	5
Kamui Kobayashi	3
Sebastien Bourdais	2

Constructors Championship

Team	Points Earned
Brawn (Constructors Champion)	172
Red Bull	153.5
McLaren	71
Ferrari	70
Toyota	59.5
BMW	36
Williams	34.5
Renault	26
Force India	13
Toro Rosso	8

Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Track Name	Winner
1	Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	Jenson Button
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	Jenson Button
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	Sebastian Vettel
4	Bahrian Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	Jenson Button
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya	Jenson Button
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	Jenson Button
7	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	Jenson Button
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	Sebastian Vettel
9	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Mark Webber
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton
11	European Grand Prix	Valencia Street Circuit	Rubens Barrichello
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Kimi Raikkonen
13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Rubens Barrichello
14	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	Lewis Hamilton
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	Sebastian Vettel
16	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	Mark Webber
17	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit‡	Sebastian Vettel

Driver Changes

Sebastien Bourdais was replaced by Jaimie Alguersuari after a string of disappointing results at Toro Rosso. Nelson Piquet Jr. was dropped for the European grand prix and it has been announced that Romain Grosjean will replaced him at Renault.

After the injury of Felipe Massa it was announced that Michael Schumacer would make a comeback, but a persistent neck injury ruled him out.

KERS

At the start of the season there was alot of hope for the new 'speed boost' system but at the moment only Ferrari and McLaren are using it. BMW, the main backers of this dropped it after a few races. At the moment plans are to scrap it for the 2010 Season.