When Ross Brawn, former team principal of Honda F1, announced his purchase of the team no one knew what in store for his team. The dominance of the Ferrari’s and McLaren’s had made things tougher for other F1 teams. Its new car, the BGP 001, is powered by Mercedes-Benz engines, and drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello will return for their fourth year together.
Mr. Brawn had a strong background in winning. He was the technical director for Benetton when Michael Schumacher won his championships in 1994 and 1995. When Mr. Schumacher moved to Ferrari, he brought Mr. Brawn with him, and they won five more drivers’ titles together. In 2008, Mr. Brawn was hired to be team principal for Honda F1.
Saturday’s qualifying results at Melbourne showed the world who they were by occupying the front row. While teams like Ferrari, McLaren, BMW and Red Bull were struggling for grip (tyre), the B’s – Button and Barichello were setting the fastest times one after one. Hamilton last year championship winner qualified at 18th.
Race day was eagerly awaited, if Brawn GP finished 1-2, it could be the most historic moment in Formula One, for the first time since inception of the FIA World Championships, a team has made its debut and managed to get the first two places in the race.
The first corner saw a fantastic start for Button and the Ferrari’s. Barichello dropped 5 places at the first corner. At the end of the first lap Button started stretching his lead over the rest of the pack. Meanwhile at the end of pack there was a silent mover Hamilton moving up every lap. The Ferrari’s were struggling for grip and were clocking 1:30 mins compared to Brawn’s 1:28 mins. Traditionally Australian GP throws up a few surprises as reliability issues hits teams and usually one expects some lower-mid rung teams to score but this year there could be a pattern which is coming in and this could be anyone’s season with Brawn GP leading the way. Button got a lead of 47 secs over his nearest rival. Soon the race turned out to be a different thing altogether, with accidents and skirmishes galore, and the safety car was called out quite often, including the last couple of laps, when Kubica tangled with Vettel.
It all boiled down to a simple fact; the one who could keep out of trouble, and keep his car out of trouble would win the race / finish in the points. Button held on to win his second race, in a 154-race career. Veteran Barichello finished second despite his first corner melee. Hamilton was elevated to third after Timo Glock was stripped of his standing after passing Hamilton under yellow flags following a crash.
Formula 1 history was rewritten, for the first time since 1954 when the Juan Manuel Fangio led home Karl Kling for Mercedes in the French Grand Prix, a debut team captured the top two places in a race.
Cheers 3 B's - Brawn, Barichello and Button
A dream debut for a new team..
Wondering if the B effect would continue @ the Malaysian grand prix!!
Mr. Brawn had a strong background in winning. He was the technical director for Benetton when Michael Schumacher won his championships in 1994 and 1995. When Mr. Schumacher moved to Ferrari, he brought Mr. Brawn with him, and they won five more drivers’ titles together. In 2008, Mr. Brawn was hired to be team principal for Honda F1.
Saturday’s qualifying results at Melbourne showed the world who they were by occupying the front row. While teams like Ferrari, McLaren, BMW and Red Bull were struggling for grip (tyre), the B’s – Button and Barichello were setting the fastest times one after one. Hamilton last year championship winner qualified at 18th.
Race day was eagerly awaited, if Brawn GP finished 1-2, it could be the most historic moment in Formula One, for the first time since inception of the FIA World Championships, a team has made its debut and managed to get the first two places in the race.
The first corner saw a fantastic start for Button and the Ferrari’s. Barichello dropped 5 places at the first corner. At the end of the first lap Button started stretching his lead over the rest of the pack. Meanwhile at the end of pack there was a silent mover Hamilton moving up every lap. The Ferrari’s were struggling for grip and were clocking 1:30 mins compared to Brawn’s 1:28 mins. Traditionally Australian GP throws up a few surprises as reliability issues hits teams and usually one expects some lower-mid rung teams to score but this year there could be a pattern which is coming in and this could be anyone’s season with Brawn GP leading the way. Button got a lead of 47 secs over his nearest rival. Soon the race turned out to be a different thing altogether, with accidents and skirmishes galore, and the safety car was called out quite often, including the last couple of laps, when Kubica tangled with Vettel.
It all boiled down to a simple fact; the one who could keep out of trouble, and keep his car out of trouble would win the race / finish in the points. Button held on to win his second race, in a 154-race career. Veteran Barichello finished second despite his first corner melee. Hamilton was elevated to third after Timo Glock was stripped of his standing after passing Hamilton under yellow flags following a crash.
Formula 1 history was rewritten, for the first time since 1954 when the Juan Manuel Fangio led home Karl Kling for Mercedes in the French Grand Prix, a debut team captured the top two places in a race.
Cheers 3 B's - Brawn, Barichello and Button
A dream debut for a new team..
Wondering if the B effect would continue @ the Malaysian grand prix!!
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