Ricardo Santos

Spanish GP 2009 - Brawn Go! Brawn Go!

Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | Formula 1 | 4 Comments

Jenson Button the driver to beat

Since the beginning of the season, came a big question whether the performance of Brawn would remain after the adjustments that were applied in this aerodynamic Spanish Grand Prix .

What we saw was the superiority of cars and drivers from Brawn, but the strategy still remains a doubtful point of the English team.

Button that is a favorite for the title we all know, it's no wonder that in May won four events. He is the rider to beat.

Rubens made an excellent start and managed to take a considerable time in the early laps, even with more fuel. But his strategy of three stops, and her partner changing his to two stops, returned to victory for Button.

Massa, who is dad in November, made a great race by finishing in sixth place crawling, taking into account the last races and the miscalculations of the team that left without fuel. His teammate Raikkonen who started 16th, error by Ferrari, had engine problems and abandoned the race. Ferrari is still far from being the team that we are accustomed.

Who gave the " holy grail "was Webber who was anonymous to most of the race and took off the podium at the last pitstop almost-sure mate Vettel.

Hamilton made an excellent race from very well at 14 and came in ninth position and has not scored, but as my friend Raphael Smith complained that I do not speak well of him, today I spoke well. The numbers speak for themselves.

As my text, the Spanish Grand Prix was not exciting as the others, but showed that the second time in Formula 1 will be decided in split seconds.

In the world of pilots, Button leads with 41 points, 14 ahead of Barrichello. In the internal dispute, so far 5 × 0 to Button, showing that the Rubens was born to be the second ...

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