F1: Jenson Button’s championship victory in photos
By Andy Darley
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Photos of qualifying, the race and the podium/championship celebrations at Interlagos, courtesy of Bridgestone, McLaren, Red Bull and Brawn GP.
Felipe Massa, back in the pitlane
Sebastian Vettel’s title challenge ended in qualifying
Top three in qualifying: Barrichello, Webber and Sutil
Brazilian fans had high hopes of Barrichello
Brawn and Button – champions in waiting
Soon to be the ex-champion
Rubens Barrichello on the parade lap
Barrichello got away best at the start
Kimi Raikkonen challenged in the first corners
Giancarlo Fisichella evades a spinning Heikki Kovalainen
Vettel had a lot of ground to make up
Button overtakes Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima
Kamui Kobayashi proved difficult to get past
Button finally passes Kobayashi
Not everything went this smoothly for Kovalainen
Barrichello’s victory hopes ended after pitting
Mark Webber celebrates his victory
The moment Button knew he was the champion
Felipe Massa waves the chequered flag for Button
The Brawn garage enjoys the moment of victory
Not the centre of attention, but still the victor
The new world champion: Jenson Button
The triumph shows in his eyes
Barrichello, classy in defeat, congratulates Button
Running past the podium cars
Meeting the press as champion
A toast from the Brackley boys
Vettel believed he could winning: losing hurt
Jazz hands
Not your everyday winner’s trophy
BMW’s Robert Kubica took second place
Hamilton’s celebrations were a little quieter this year
A podium at Interlagos for Hamilton
One happy driver
In great demand
And the cameras keep on coming
Weee are the chaaaampionssssss
Button and Barrichello celebrate with the team
He’s the boss – you can’t drop him
Father and son celebrate the victory
No-one came to Webber’s party
Flying the flag
Great Briton
Author: Andy Darley. Ex-journalist, fan of Mark Webber and anyone who ever drove or tested for Minardi and didn't say rude things about the team afterwards. Owns a Triumph Spitfire and hopes that, one day, it'll be on the road again. Andy has written 744 articles for us.
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