Is Brawn favoring Button!!!!!!!

Much has been said since yesterday about Brawn GP changing Button to a 2-stop strategy, which eventually won him the race, and left his team mate, who had been leading for most of the first half of the race, in second.

Barrichello was visibly disappointed, when he was pipped to pole by not only Vettel, but his team mate Button, who he had been quicker than all weekend.

It was at the point when the strategy calls in Brawn GP became pivotal; Button was switched from the planned 3-stop strategy to a 2-stop, in fear that he would have been stuck behind Rosberg, who was fuelled long. Something which was proved, when Barrichello, came out on track less than a second ahead of the Williams.

So why didn’t Brawn GP switch Barrichello to a 2-stop?

Ross Brawn after the race stated a 3-stop strategy was a quicker option, and Barrichello’s times in the first half of the race go to prove that, however what ever happened to Barrichello in the second half of the race was his downfall, and whether it was just a case of Barrichello not pushing hard enough, or him having as issue with his car, it seems clear that the 3-stopper was a quicker strategy. Essentially they put Button on the slightly compromised strategy to make sure he was held up, potentially costing the team a 1-2

Ross also stated that the strategy used was essentially going to let Barrichello win, it just didn’t happen that way on track.

Spanish Grand Prix Results : Winner Jenson Button

The Spanish Grand Prix was the first race European Race of the Formula 1 2009 Season. And what an end to the race.

The race Winner is Jenson Button. Second place goes to Mark Webber and 3rd place to Rubens Barrichello!!!!!!!!!!!

Fourth is Sebastien Vettel with Fernanando Alonso on 5th.

The race started with a great accident at turn 2. The accident started with Trulli spinning out of the track and coming inside the track again and Adrian Sutil banged into him. The 2 Torro Rossos also banged into them and all the four of them went out of the race at turn two.

This brought the safety car out and the drivers had to do some laps behind the safety lap because the marshals had to clear the debris on the track

Rubens Barrichello was leading the race from Jenson Button and Mssa was on 3rd position. But it all changed after the first pitstop.

Bad days for Mclaren Mercedes continued with Lew Hamilton falling at the back of the pack at turn 2 mishap and Heikki had a gear box issue and slowed down at the long straight and finally retired into the pits.

Kimi Raikkonen was running a good race but he had problems with his KERS at the start of the race or maybe during qualifying. But he too retired due hydraulics problem.

So it was on Massa to finish into points and he was looking strong.

Rubens Barrichello was on a 3 stop strategy and it was a strange one, because all the drivers were on a 2 stop strategy. But Rubens did some great laps and that brought him ahead of Felipe Massa into 3rd place.

Mark Webber who was driving his own race all this while took the second place after the last round of pitstops. A very clever move by the Red Bull team.

Sebastien Vettel had a hard day because he was chasing the Ferrari of Felipe Massa for the whole race distance and he was down on 5th place.

But it all changed at the final 4 laps of the race. The Ferrari engineers told Massa to conserve fuel because they had less fuel in his car and were not sure if Massa could end the race.

Felipe Massa was driving a very conservative race and this Vettel and advantage to push Massa.

And finally Ferrai told Massa to let Vettel pass him because they thought Alonso was 16 seconds behind Massa and Ferrari can finish in 5th place.

But Fernando Alonso knew the problems of Ferrari and he kpt on pushing and took nearly 4.6 seconds every lap and brought the gap down to Felipe Massa. He came very clsoe to Massa and overtook him from the outside on the fnal lap of the race. Felipe Massa could not do anything about it.

The Spanish Fans were very excited seeing this move and were cheering Alosno as if he has won the race.

So an amazing race and a great start to the European Season of the Formula One 2009 Season.

Full Race Results of the Spanish Grand Prix will follow soon..........

Button the Winner At the Spanish Grand Prix!!!!!!!!

Jenson Button does it again. He has won the Spanish Grand Prix. Rubens Barrichello takes the 2nd position and Mark Webber takes the 3rd position.

So again a 1-2 finish for the Brawn GP Team. What an amazing race. It was really a topsy turvy race.

Live Race Stats of the Spanish Grand Prix!!!!!

The race is below 10 laps now and Jenson Button has a comfortable gap. His team mate Rubens Barrichello is on 2nd place with a fantastic 3 stop strategy. But Mark Webber is closing on Barrichello and can give him a tough fight for the second position. Felipe Massa is on 4th position and I just heard the Ferrari team radio asking Massa to conserve fuel. Vettel is hustling Massa for the 4th position. Alosno the home hero is comfortable sitting on 6th position.

Lewis Hamilton another bad day for Mclaren Mercedes is on 10th position.

Spanish Grand Prix Live Race Stats

The 5h Round of the Formula 1 2009 Season is taking place at Spain at the Circuit De Catalunya.
The race is still going on. Jenson Button is leading the race. Felipe Massa is currently second with Vettel following him at 3rd place. Rubens Barrichello is on 3 stop strategy and is currently on 4th position. It seems Brawn GP is going to win the race. And finally we are going to see a Ferrari driver on podium this year after a disastrous first four races.

Fernando Alsonso is the home hero and currently on 7th position and there was a small fight with Hamilton when Alonso came out of the pit lane.

Jenson Button Another Pole Position

The 5th round of the Formula One 2009 Season is held at the Circuit De Catalunya in Spain. The Qualifying Session for Spanish Grand Prix just ended and its again Jenson Button who sits on Pole Position!!!!!!!!!! Brawn GP Has Done It Again!!!!!!

Felipe Massa was leading the Q1 session with Barrichello leading in the Q2 session. But in the Q3 session it looked like Vettel would take the pole, but Jenson Button did a flying qualifying lap and took the pole.

Ross Brawn has some magical power I guess because he manages his drivers to take pole positions and has some great pit strategies for the race.

Jenson Button just made to start his final qualifying lap, because as he crossed the line the flags turned red and that marks the end of the Qualifying Session. So Jenson Button was lucky to make before the Qualifying ended and got a pole position!!!!!!!!!

Way To Go Jenson Button and Brawn GP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Will be uploading the full results for the Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Soon!!!!

Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Q3 Results!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Q3 Session has just ended and what an amazing Qualifying session it was. It looked as if Barrchello would be on pole, but Vettel did and outstanding lap and got the pole position. But in the final moments Button from nowhere took the pole and is leading the Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying.

The top 5 for the Q3 and the final Qualifying Session are Button, Vettel, Barrichello, Massa and Webber.

Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Q2 Results!!!!

Te Q2 Session has just come to an end and the Ferrari dominance seem to slip down a little bit. Rubens Barrichello heads the time sheets for Q2. It was Felipe Massa who was leading in Q1 but now its again the Brawn GP.

The bad times for Mclaren Mercedes still continue with Lewis Hamilton not making through the Q3 and he is down to 14 on the grid. His team mate Heikki did not go through to Q2 and is at the very back of the grid.

The top 5 for Q2 are Barrichello, Glock, Webber, Massa and button.

The Q3 session has just begun and will update the results soon. I personally feel it will be Barrichello who will take the pole in the Spanish Grand Prix!!!!!!

Jenson Button In Brawn GP Winner Again!!!!!

Jenson Button is the winner for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Well Toyotas were the leaders in the qualifying yesterday but today they dropped down at the start of the race. Hamilton did a great move at the first corner and was in third place. But the Mclaren is not a competitive car yet so he dropped back. Brawn GP's Ross Brawn played a great strategy with Jenson Button and got him ahead of Trulli with the pit strategy and then Jenson Button never looked back. He increased his advatange over Trulli who was strugglin with the option tyres (Hard Compound Tyres) and was not able to match the pace.

Vettel on the other hand came second with a sensible pit strategy. Glock completely lost it and was at the end of championship points. Barrichello had interesting 3 pit-stop strategy which was not looking that good but in then end it put him ahead of Raikkonen and in the 5th place. Way to go Ross Brawn.

Overall a very interesting and very very hot race. And luckily there was no sandstorm and none of the teams had reliability issues. Felipe Massa's badluck still continues and he was outside the points.

But Kimi Raikkonen finally gave Ferrari their first championship points this season. This will definitely be a moral booster for the World Champion Team!!!!

The top five for the Baharain Grand Prix are Jenson Button, Sebastien Vettel, Jarno Trulli, Lewis Hamilton and Rubens Barrichello respectively.

The complete race results will be updated soon.

Bravo!!!!! Brawn GP!!!!!

Saturday Qualifying Q2 Session (Bahrain)

The interesting Q2 session came to an end. It was a very fast Q2 session since the fuel loads of the cars are very low.

The top 5 of the Qualifying Q2 session are Vettel, Glock, Trulli, Raikkonen and Barrichello respectively.

Results of the Q3 session will follow soon.

Saturday Qualifying Q1 Session (Bahrain)

The start of the Qualifying Session for the round 4 of the 2009 Formula Season was a blaster.

In the Q1 session the top 5 are Vettel, Trulli, Hamilton, Button and Barrichello respectively. There was also some interesting racing between Force India and Red Bull in the Qualifying Q1 Session.

Results of Q2 will follow soon.

Brawn Gp had pace issues

The championship leader went into the race hoping to complete a hat-trick of race wins. His hopes were dealt a blow when clouds gathered for the first time this weekend. Vettel managed to stay ahead for the majority of the race. Mark Webber and Button vying for second but the Australian came out on top.
Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button struggled in the rain because they have not tested their car in the rain before the season started.

Chinese Grand Prix Race Results!!!!!!

An amazing Chinese Grand Prix finally came to an end. he 3rd round of Formula 2009 season held at Shanghai International Circuit. The Qualifying took place in dry conditions but today there was a surprise and the race started in heavy rainfall under the safety car.

Below are the final results for the Chinese Grand Prix:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid	Pts
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	1	10
2	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	3	8
3	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	56	5	6
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	56	4	5
5	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	12	4
6	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	9	3
7	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	19	2
8	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	56	10	1
9	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	2
10	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	8
11	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	56	15
12	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	56	11
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	56	17
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	55	20
15	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	7
16	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	53	16
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	50	18
Ret	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	43	14
Ret	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	20	13
Ret	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	18	6

Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying Results!!!!

An interesting qualifying session ended with smiles for some teams and disappointments for some.

Here are the final results for the qualifying session of the Chinese Grand Prix held at Shanghai.

Jarno Trulli will drop down the order for the race tomorrow due to a penalty for gear box change.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:36.565	1:35.130	1:36.184	11
2	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:36.443	1:35.803	1:36.381	21
3	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:35.751	1:35.173	1:36.466	19
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	1:35.701	1:35.503	1:36.493	21
5	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	1:35.533	1:35.556	1:36.532	19
6	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:36.308	1:35.645	1:36.835	21
7	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:35.941	1:35.809	1:37.397	23
8	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.137	1:35.856	1:38.089	19
9	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.776	1:35.740	1:38.595	17
10	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:36.284	1:35.965	1:39.321	21
11	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.525	1:35.975		14
12	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.646	1:36.032		10
13	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.178	1:36.033		11
14	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:36.364	1:36.066		14
15	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:36.673	1:36.193		13
16	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:36.906			10
17	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:36.908			10
18	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.966			8
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.669			10
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.672			10