Jenson Button has taken this year’s F1 World Championship finishing in 5th place (from 14th on the grid). Barrichello, who was his cloest rival, suffered a puncture in the closing stages of the Grand Prix, but would not have been able to take the championship to a final round due to Jenson’s finishing position.

The finish also granted the constructors’ championship to Brawn GP, in their first season of racing.

The race was not without incident, with crashes galour towards the start, and a dramatic looking moment when Kovalainen took off from the pits dragging a fuel hose behind him, which promptly sprayed fuel over the car of Kimi Raikkonen. Luckily everyone was ok.

Congratulations to all!