Shanghai International Circuit · 19 April 2009
Sebastian Vettel won the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix for Red Bull from 1st on the grid, 10.97s ahead of Mark Webber. Timo Glock gained the most places, from 19th on the grid to 7th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Vettel 10 + Webber 8 | Vettel 10 + Webber 8 | 18 | |
| 2 | Brawn Button 6 + Barrichello 5 | Button 6 + Barrichello 5 | 11 | |
| 3 | McLaren Kovalainen 4 + Hamilton 3 | Kovalainen 4 + Hamilton 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Toyota Glock 2 + Trulli 0 | Glock 2 + Trulli 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Toro Rosso Buemi 1 + Bourdais 0 | Buemi 1 + Bourdais 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Renault Alonso 0 + Piquet 0 | Alonso 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Räikkönen 0 + Massa 0 | Räikkönen 0 + Massa 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | BMW Sauber Heidfeld 0 + Kubica 0 | Heidfeld 0 + Kubica 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Force India Fisichella 0 + Sutil 0 | Fisichella 0 + Sutil 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Williams Rosberg 0 + Nakajima 0 | Rosberg 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull | Red Bull | 1:57:43.485 | 56 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber Red Bull | Red Bull | +10.970s | 56 | — | 8 | |
| 3 | Jenson Button Brawn | Brawn | +44.975s | 56 | — | 6 | |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello Brawn | Brawn | +1:03.704 | 56 | — | 5 | |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen McLaren | McLaren | +1:05.102 | 56 | — | 4 | |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren | McLaren | +1:11.866 | 56 | — | 3 | |
| 7 | Timo Glock Toyota | Toyota | +1:14.476 | 56 | — | 2 | |
| 8 | Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:16.439 | 56 | — | 1 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso Renault | Renault | +1:24.309 | 56 | — | — | |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:31.750 | 56 | — | — | |
| 11 | Sébastien Bourdais Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso | +1:34.156 | 56 | — | — | |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +1:35.834 | 56 | — | — | |
| 13 | Robert Kubica BMW Sauber | BMW Sauber | +1:46.853 | 56 | — | — | |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella Force India | Force India | +1 Lap | 55 | — | — | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 55 | — | — | |
| 16 | Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault | Renault | +2 Laps | 54 | — | — | |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil Force India | Force India | DNF Spun off | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Kazuki Nakajima Williams | Williams | DNF | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Felipe Massa Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Electronics | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jarno Trulli Toyota | Toyota | DNF Collision | 18 | — | — |