Round 2 · 5 April 2009
2009 Malaysian Grand Prix: results
Jenson Button (Brawn) won the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix, round 2 of the championship, held on 5 April 2009 at Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia), starting from position 1. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) and Timo Glock (Toyota) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Jenson Button (—).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | Brawn | 1 | 1:10:52.092 | 5 | Finished |
| 2 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 10 | +22.722 s | 4 | Finished |
| 3 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 3 | +23.513 s | 3 | Finished |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 2 | +46.173 s | 2.5 | Finished |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 8 | +47.360 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 5 | +52.333 s | 1.5 | Finished |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 12 | +60.733 s | 1 | Finished |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 4 | +71.576 s | 0.5 | Finished |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 16 | +76.932 s | — | Finished |
| 10 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 15 | +102.164 s | — | Finished |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 9 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 7 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 13 | — | — | Spun off |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 20 | — | — | Spun off |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 18 | — | — | Spun off |
| 19 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 6 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 14 | — | — | Spun off |