It was held on June 6 and 7, 2009 at Istanbul Racing Circuit in Tuzla, Turkey.

Championship leader Romain Grosjean did not finish, like almost half the field.

Karun Chandhok set the fastest lap in the Sprint Race, but he was not awarded a point for it.

The point for the fastest lap of the race goes to the driver inside the top ten, who was fastest around the circuit, in this case Vitaly Petrov.

This allowed the Russian to increase his lead with an extra point.