The 2009 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXXIV ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on March 29, 2009 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2009 Formula One season. The race, contested over 58 laps, was won by Jenson Button for the Brawn GP team after starting from pole position. Rubens Barrichello finished second in the second Brawn GP car, with reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton third in a McLaren.

Brawn GP became the first constructor since Mercedes at the 1954 French Grand Prix to qualify on pole position, and then go on to win the race on their Grand Prix debut. The race also became the second race in Formula One history to finish under stabilised safety car conditions – after the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix – following a collision between Robert Kubica and Sebastian Vettel, who were running second and third, on lap 56.

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