# 2009 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas

2009 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the fifth edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) with Rubens Barrichello as the defending champion. The races were held on a newly built track that had been designed by race participant Lucas di Grassi. The event was won by Michael Schumacher after he won Race 1 and came 2nd in Race 2.

## Qualifying – Top 10 Shootout

| Pos | No | Driver | Lap Time | Grid |
| 1 | 50 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 57.043 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | Vítor Meira | 57.063 | 2 |
| 3 | 18 | Lucas di Grassi | 57.135 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Antônio Pizzonia | 57.145 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 57.232 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | 57.237 | 6 |
| 7 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | 57.293 | 7 |
| 8 | 17 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 57.384 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Tony Kanaan | 57.566 | 9 |
| 10 | 60 | Raphael Matos | 57.835 | 10 |

## Race 1

| Pos | No | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | 28 | 26:28.571 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 28 | +2.768 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Felipe Massa | 28 | +4.684 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 18 | Lucas di Grassi | 28 | +5.553 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 27 | Vítor Meira | 28 | +6.727 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | 28 | +7.989 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Tony Kanaan | 28 | +8.288 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Antônio Pizzonia | 28 | +8.423 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 50 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 28 | +16.237 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Duda Pamplona | 28 | +17.775 | ? | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Ricardo Zonta | 28 | +26.208 | 25 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Tarso Marques | 28 | +26.671 | ? | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Enrique Bernoldi | 28 | +27.088 | ? | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | Mario Moraes | 28 | +27.447 | ? | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 28 | +29.485 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | 74 | Popó Bueno | 28 | +30.511 | ? | |
| 17 | 14 | Luciano Burti | 28 | +33.342 | ? | |
| 18 | 15 | Felipe Giaffone | 28 | +38.662 | ? | |
| 19 | 21 | Bia Figueiredo | 28 | +39.039 | 15 | |
| 20 | 8 | Eduardo Berlanda | 28 | +50.544 | ? | |
| 21 | 99 | Xandinho Negrão | 27 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| 22 | 80 | Marcos Gomes | 10 | +8 laps | 13 | |
| 23 | 60 | Raphael Matos | 3 | +25 laps | 10 | |
| 24 | 7 | Christian Fittipaldi | 3 | +25 laps | 11 | |
| 25 | 65 | Max Wilson | 1 | +27 laps | ? | |
* Race 1 winner Michael Schumacher's average speed was 76.58 km/h.
* Race 1 fastest lap was by Michael Schumacher 55.841s (77.81 km/h)

## Race 2

| Pos | No | Driver | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Felipe Massa | 28 | 26:08.980 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | 28 | +0.087 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 27 | Vítor Meira | 28 | +1.301 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | 28 | +1.915 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 80 | Marcos Gomes | 28 | +0.038 | 22 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Tony Kanaan | 28 | +2.883 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Max Wilson | 28 | +5.159 | 25 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Christian Fittipaldi | 28 | +9.812 | 24 | 8 |
| 9 | 60 | Raphael Matos | 28 | +19.961 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Bia Figueiredo | 28 | +20.031 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 28 | +20.804 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Enrique Bernoldi | 28 | +21.252 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 28 | +21.474 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 99 | Xandinho Negrão | 28 | +21.864 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | Luciano Burti | 28 | +22.878 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 77 | Tarso Marques | 28 | +24.646 | 12 | |
| 17 | 74 | Popó Bueno | 28 | +25.471 | 16 | |
| 18 | 8 | Eduardo Berlanda | 28 | +37.944 | 20 | |
| 19 | 3 | Antônio Pizzonia | 27 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 20 | 23 | Duda Pamplona | 27 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 21 | 50 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 19 | +9 laps | 9 | |
| 22 | 18 | Lucas di Grassi | 16 | +12 laps | 5 | |
| 23 | 5 | Mario Moraes | 7 | +21 laps | 14 | |
| 24 | 10 | Ricardo Zonta | 2 | +26 laps | 11 | |
| 25 | 15 | Felipe Giaffone | 2 | +26 laps | 18 | |
* Race 2 winner Felipe Massa's average speed was 77.89 km/h.
* Race 2 fastest lap was by Michael Schumacher 55.461s (78.34 km/h)

## Final classification

| Pos | No | Driver | Race 1 points | Race 2 points | Total points |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | 25 | 17 | 42 |
| 2 | 19 | Felipe Massa | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | 27 | Vítor Meira | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| 4 | 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 6 | 6 | Tony Kanaan | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | 18 | Lucas di Grassi | 13 | | 13 |
| 8 | 80 | Marcos Gomes | | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | 65 | Max Wilson | | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | Christian Fittipaldi | | 8 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | Antônio Pizzonia | 8 | | 8 |
| 12 | 60 | Raphael Matos | | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | 50 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 7 | | 7 |
| 14 | 16 | Enrique Bernoldi | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 21 | Bia Figueiredo | | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | 23 | Duda Pamplona | 6 | | 6 |
| 17 | 10 | Ricardo Zonta | 5 | | 5 |
| 18 | 17 | João Paulo de Oliveira | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 77 | Tarso Marques | 4 | | 4 |
| 20 | 99 | Xandinho Negrão | | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | 5 | Mario Moraes | 2 | | 2 |
| 22 | 14 | Luciano Burti | | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 74 | Popó Bueno | | | |
| 24 | 15 | Felipe Giaffone | | | |
| 25 | 8 | Eduardo Berlanda | | | |