Sebastian Vettel sa stal víťazom Veľkej ceny Japonska 2009 v Suzuke a má tak ešte stále aspoň matematickú šancu na zisk titulu majstra sveta. Na pódiu ho doplnili Jarno Trulli z Toyoty a Lewis Hamilton z McLarenu.
Výsledky VC Japonska 2009:
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 53 | Víťaz |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 53 | +4.8 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +6.4 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 53 | +7.9 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 53 | +8.7 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 53 | +9.5 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 53 | +10.6 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 53 | +11.4 |
| 9 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 53 | +11.7 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 53 | +13.0 |
| 11 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +13.7 |
| 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 53 | +14.5 |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +14.9 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +15.7 |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 53 | +17.9 |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 52 | + 1 kolo |
| 17 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 51 | + 2 kolá |
| Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 43 | DNF | |
| Sébastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 10 | DNF |
