Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired		Grid	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	58	1:34:16		1	10
2	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	58	+0.8 secs		2	8
3	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+2.9 secs		18	6
4	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	58	+4.4 secs		19	5
5	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	58	+4.8 secs		10	4
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	58	+5.7 secs		5	3
7	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	58	+6.0 secs		13	2
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	58	+6.2 secs		17	1

 

P.S. Only the drivers having secured points are displayed.

Seasons first race ends with History being re-written by UK based Brawn Mercedes. It was 1954 when another UK based F1 team Mercedes Benz won their maiden debut race. With a 1-2 finish by Button and Barrichello(former Ferrari driver along with Schumacher) followed by contending champion Lewis who made a podium finish by coming third in a dramatic turnaround where Trulli was given a 25 second penalty by steward taking him to 12th position.

 

Stunning moment of this season opener was both Ferrari which started from the grid 6 and 7 position failed to deliver, adding to the woes was elimination of Massa in the 45th Lap and Kimi coming last in this season opener. The other Mclaren counterpart had a different fate written for him suffering from accident damage during this first lap.

Here is the latest information on how the F1 drivers and teams will line up in 2009.

Latest updates

• 6th March 2009 - Brawn GP confirmed as buyers of Honda, Button and Barrichello are drivers
• 6th February 2009 - Sebastien Bourdais confirmed at Toro Rosso
• 9th January 2009 - Sebastien Buemi confirmed at Scuderia Toro Rosso
• 9th November 2008 - Alexander Wurz remains a Honda test driver in 2009
• 4th November 2008 - Expected team numbers added
• 17th October 2008 - Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil confirmed at Force India
• 6th October 2008 - Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld confirmed at BMW, and Christian Klien as test driver
• 1st October 2008 - Kazuki Nakajima confirmed at Williams
• 31st July 2008 - Heikki Kovalainen confirmed at McLaren
• 17th July 2008 - Sebastian Vettel confirmed at Red Bull

McLaren-Mercedes

Race drivers

1. Lewis Hamilton (has 2009 contract)
2. Heikki Kovalainen (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Pedro de la Rosa (has 2009 contract)
Gary Paffett (has 2009 contract) | biography

McLaren F1 team information

Scuderia Ferrari

Race drivers

3. Kimi Raikkonen (has 2009 contract)
4. Felipe Massa (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Luca Badoer (has 2009 contract)
Marc Gené (has 2009 contract)

Ferrari F1 team information

BMW Sauber F1 Team

5. Robert Kubica (has 2009 contract)
6. Nick Heidfeld (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Christian Klien (has 2009 contract)

BMW Sauber F1 Team information

Renault F1 Team

Race drivers

7. Fernando Alonso (has 2009 contract)
8. Nelson Piquet Jnr. (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Romain Grosjean (has 2009 contract)

Renault F1 team information

Toyota Racing

Race drivers

9. Jarno Trulli (has 2009 contract)
10. Timo Glock (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Kamui Kobayashi (has 2009 contract)

Toyota F1 team information

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Race drivers

11. Sebastien Buemi (has 2009 contract)
12. Sebastien Bourdais (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Brendon Hartley (has 2009 contract) | biography | articles

Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team information

Red Bull Racing

Race drivers

14. Mark Webber (has 2009 contract)
15. Sebastian Vettel (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Brendon Hartley (has 2009 contract)

Red Bull F1 team information

Williams

Race drivers

16. Nico Rosberg (has 2009 contract)
17. Kazuki Nakajima (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Nico Hülkenberg (has 2009 contract)

Williams F1 team information

Brawn GP

Race drivers

18. Rubens Barrichello (has 2009 contract)

19. Jenson Button (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

TBC

Brawn GP F1 team information

Force India F1 Team

Race drivers

20. Adrian Sutil (has 2009 contract)

21. Giancarlo Fisichella (has 2009 contract)

Test drivers

Vitantonio Liuzzi (2008) |

Force India F1 Team information

Other drivers

Alexander Wurz (Honda test driver, 2008)

Mike Conway (Honda test driver, 2008)

Luca Filippi (Honda test driver, 2008)

Marko Asmer (BMW test driver, 2008)

Sakon Yamamoto (Renault test driver, 2008)

Lucas di Grassi (Renault test driver, 2008)

David Coulthard (retiring after 2008) |