The 2008–09 Vodafone A1GP Algarve, Portugal^[1] was an A1 Grand Prix race held at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portugal.

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2008–09 A1GP of Portugal
Race Details
Race 6 of 7 in the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season
Date	April 12, 2009
Location	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve Portimão, Portugal
Weather	Clear, 21°C
Sprint race
Qualifying
Pole	Italy (Vitantonio Liuzzi)
Time	1:30.875
Podium
1st	Netherlands (Robert Doornbos)
2nd	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
3rd	Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque)
Fastest Lap
FL	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Time	1:31.404, (Lap 8)
Feature race
Qualifying
Pole	Netherlands (Robert Doornbos)
Time	1:30.415
Podium
1st	Switzerland (Neel Jani)
2nd	Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque)
3rd	Malaysia (Fairuz Fauzy)
Fastest Lap
FL	Ireland (Adam Carroll)
Time	1:31.453, (Lap 35)
Official Classifications
PDF Booklet

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More information Sprint race qualifying, Pos ...

Sprint race qualifying Pos Team Time Gap 1 Italy 1:30.875† – 2 Netherlands 1:31.346 + 0.471 3 Ireland 1:31.600 + 0.725 4 Lebanon 1:31.756† + 0.881 5 Portugal 1:31.777 + 0.902 6 New Zealand 1:32.006 + 1.131 7 Germany 1:32.084† + 1.209 8 South Africa 1:32.301 + 1.426 9 India 1:32.358† + 1.483 10 Monaco 1:32.420 + 1.545 11 Malaysia 1:32.929 + 2.054 12 USA 1:33.214 + 2.339 13 Great Britain 1:33.860 + 2.985 14 Brazil 1:33.985 + 3.110 15 Indonesia 1:34.005 + 3.130 16 Mexico 1:34.216 + 3.341 17 Australia 1:34.405 + 3.530 18 France 1:36.567 + 5.692 19 China 1:36.838 + 5.963 20 Switzerland no time

Feature race qualifying Pos Team Time Gap 1 Netherlands 1:30.415† – 2 Ireland 1:30.696† + 0.281 3 Switzerland 1:30.878† + 0.463 4 South Africa 1:30.984† + 0.569 5 Brazil 1:31.023† + 0.608 6 Malaysia 1:31.025† + 0.610 7 Portugal 1:31.095† + 0.680 8 USA 1:31.459† + 1.044 9 Monaco 1:31.495† + 1.080 10 Italy 1:31.852 + 1.437 11 New Zealand 1:31.925† + 1.510 12 Australia 1:31.939† + 1.524 13 Mexico 1:32.031† + 1.616 14 Germany 1:32.269 + 1.854 15 Lebanon 1:32.352 + 1.937 16 Great Britain 1:32.400† + 1.985 17 India 1:32.504 + 2.089 18 Indonesia 1:32.573† + 2.158 19 France 1:32.941† + 2.526 20 China 1:33.237† + 2.822

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^† Team utilized Powerboost lap.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	Netherlands	Robert Doornbos	11	19:33.501	10
2	Ireland	Adam Carroll	11	+ 3.635	8+1
3	Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque	11	+ 5.728	6
4	Italy	Vitantonio Liuzzi	11	+ 9.087	5
5	Monaco	Clivio Piccione	11	+ 10.048	4
6	India	Narain Karthikeyan	11	+ 12.596	3
7	Brazil	Felipe Guimarães	11	+ 13.297	2
8	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	11	+ 18.014	1
9	Mexico	Salvador Durán	11	+ 20.545
10	Australia	John Martin	11	+ 22.683
11	Great Britain	Dan Clarke	11	+ 23.080
12	USA	Marco Andretti	11	+ 23.154
13	France	Nicolas Prost	11	+ 24.175
14	Indonesia	Zahir Ali	11	+ 39.400
15	Switzerland	Neel Jani	11	+ 44.296†
16	China	Ho Pin Tung	11	+ 50.655
17	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	9	+ 2 Laps
18	Lebanon	Daniel Morad	1	Acc. Damage
19	Germany	André Lotterer	0	Accident
20	New Zealand	Earl Bamber	0	Spin

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^† Switzerland assessed penalty for pitting outside of pit-stop window.

The second pit-stop window was set as Laps 26–34.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Points
1	Switzerland	Neel Jani	42	1:10:45.011	15
2	Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque	42	+ 6.786	12
3	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	42	+ 9.705	10
4	Mexico	Salvador Durán	42	+ 16.332	8
5	Ireland	Adam Carroll	42	+ 25.411†	6+1
6	France	Nicolas Prost	42	+ 27.322	5
7	Great Britain	Dan Clarke	42	+ 29.880	4
8	China	Ho Pin Tung	42	+ 34.586	3
9	Germany	André Lotterer	42	+ 43.970	2
10	Indonesia	Zahir Ali	42	+ 1:13.993	1
11	India	Narain Karthikeyan	39	Brakes
12	Australia	John Martin	38	(Retired)
13	Italy	Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	Accident
14	USA	Marco Andretti	18	Accident
15	Monaco	Clivio Piccione	18	Accident
16	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	15	Accident
17	New Zealand	Earl Bamber	15	Accident
18	Lebanon	Daniel Morad	1	Puncture
19	Brazil	Felipe Guimarães	Did Not Start
20	Netherlands	Robert Doornbos	Did Not Start

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^† – Ireland were given a 25-second penalty post-race for passing Australia under the safety car.

• It was the 38th race weekend (76 starts).
• It was the 2nd race in Portugal and the first at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve.
• It was the first race as main driver for Vitantonio Liuzzi and André Lotterer.
• It was the first race weekend as rookie driver for Vitantonio Liuzzi, André Lotterer and Robbie Pecorari.
• A1 Team Italy and Vitantonio Liuzzi achieved their first pole position.
• Robert Doornbos achieved his first Sprint Race victory.
• Neel Jani's win in the Feature Race was his tenth career victory, surpassing Nico Hülkenberg's record.