Brawn's Rubens Barrichello is besieged by reporters as he arrives at Interlagos for Sunday's grand prix. The Brazilian racer has a great chance of keeping himself in the title race after securing pole position on Saturday
Barrichello is trying to catch his Brawn team-mate Jenson Button in the drivers' championship battle. Button can clinch the title with a podium finish in Brazil, but that is a big ask considering he starts from 14th on the grid
If the title is to be resolved in Brazil for a fifth straight season, Button needs to lose no more than four points to Barrichello. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel needs a top-two finish to have any chance of keeping his slim hopes alive
The race action gets underway at Interlagos and Barrichello accelerates away cleanly at the front. But there are a number of incidents further down the field
McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen runs into difficulties as he spins on the first lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. The Finn manages to limp to the pits and is able to race on
Brawn's Jenson Button gets an excellent start and makes the most of the carnage in front of him to move up from 14th to ninth on the first lap, from where he continues his charge
The saftey car is out after a spectacular incident early on involving Force India's Adrian Sutil and Toyota's Jarno Trulli. But Barrichello keeps his focus
Disappointment in Brazil in a disappointing season for Fernando Alonso as the Ferrari-bound Renault driver's car smokes following the early crash which forced his retirement at an atmospheric Interlagos
Barrichello disappears into the distance as he seeks to put some clean air between him and second-placed Mark Webber after the safety car goes back in on lap six
Meanwhile title rival and Brawn team-mate Button leaps from 14th to ninth before executed a series of stunning passes, this one on lap 24 on the inside of Kamui Kobayashi, to put himself in a position for points
To compound Barrichello's misery, Red Bull's Mark Webber moves into the lead as the Brazilian gets caught in traffic before suffering a late puncture to limp home in front of his home fans in eighth position
After a race in which he showed the bravery and nerve of a champion, Button crosses the line in fifth place to win the 2009 world title as he builds an unassailable lead in the table ahead of Sebastian Vettel
Webber spurts some winner's champagne up into the air as celebrates the second race win of his career on the podium with Lewis Hamilton, who managed to guide his McLaren home in thrid after starting down in 17th
But, with emotions running high after a debut season in which Brawn also clinched the constructors' championship, its new world champion Button who is the real winner as he receives a hug from Barrichello
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