2009 Monaco Grand Prix
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2009 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 17 in the 2009 Formula One World Championship
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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 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:15.154 on lap 50 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Brawn-Mercedes | ||||
Second | Brawn-Mercedes | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
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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.