The 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 63rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 60th Formula One World Championship which was contested over 17 events commencing with
Jenson Button won his first and only World Championship driving for Brawn GP.
Sebastian Vettel finished runner-up behind Button by eleven points, in his first year with Red Bull.
Button's teammate Rubens Barrichello finished third in the championship.
Brawn GP won their only World Constructors' Championship in their first and only season with the Brawn BGP 001 before being bought out by Mercedes the following season.
The 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 62nd season of Formula One motor racing, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile – the governing body of motorsport – as the hig
2009 Formula One World Championship
…Honda brand would absent in the sport until its return in 2015. Force India also raced with Mercedes engines, after running with Ferrari engines in 2008. The only offseason driver change was following the retirement of Red Bull's David Coulthard after 14 years in Formula One. He was replaced by Sebastian…
Lewis Hamilton won the first of his seven World Championship titles in 2008, in his second year of F1 participation.
Felipe Massa finished runner up by a single point behind Hamilton.
Kimi Räikkönen, the defending World Drivers' Champion, finished the season ranked 3rd.
Ferrari took the Constructors' Championship for the second year in a row, their sixteenth overall.