‘Phoenix from the flames’ is an overused phrase relating to Brawn GP, but it’s no less apt because of it. A Brawn one-two in Australia – who’d have predicted that only a month ago?
Check out highlights on the BBC site here.
Jenson drove a flawless race from the start, tearing away from the lights, managing two safety car stints – even losing time during his last pit stop couldn’t stop him being first across the line.
Rubens somewhat lucked into second after BMW’s Robert Kubica and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel managed to take each other out in the closing stages. Rubens had a shonky start too, and managed to knock his car about a fair bit throughout the race, but like the trooper he is he made the most of it.
Expect Virgin to be the title sponsor of Brawn GP by Malaysia next weekend.
Lewis Hamilton showed his true grit, hauling an underperforming McLaren to third spot – Toyota’s Jarno Trulli was penalised for retaking Hamilton under Safety Car conditions – from starting down in 18th, which was more than he could’ve hoped for. It’s a pity he didn’t get to climb onto the podium with the two Brawn drivers though, ‘cos that would have been cool.
The Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa failed to finish again, as they did here in Melbourne last year, but I imagine both the Scuderia and McLaren will be working as hard as possible to get things right for the next outing.
But for now, it’s hard to think of anything other than the Brawn story. I don’t remember anything quite so amazing as this happening in F1 for a long time.
This story is becoming a fairy tale for Brawn GP, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near being over just yet. ‘Just unbelievable. It doesn’t get much better than that today,’ commented team boss Ross Brawn to the BBC.
Felipe Massa said yesterday that Brawn could have both the championships sewn up by the middle of the season – what do you think?
Well done Jenson and Rubens a truly deserved 1-2. It was great watching an interupted grand prix. However as a life long ferrari fan i’m dissapointed with their results.
After this amazing spectacle, what is topgear.com going to do? Change ‘the Lewis blog’ into ‘the Jenson blog’ or are you guys going to add a section?
And what a perfomance by Rubens, after all those years in the shadow of Schumacher and those diffcult years with Honda. He earned it.
anyway, it was an unbelievable race.
I didn’t think I’d get to use this line so soon!…
“Virgin Birth! A Virgin Brawn births a win!”
Congrats to Jenson for the win, congrats to Rubens for 2nd, congrats to the team, and a special thanks to Mr. Brawn for making this all possible!
An era of an underdog having a real shot at the championship is upon us again!
Way to go Brawn GP! And way to go Lewis for that amazing drive from the back of the pack to 4th place!
And sorry to the tifosi
for your team’s sad performance. Who would have thought Ferrari would be dead last in the standings after the first race?…
And ow, Lewis bravely fought his way back from the back end. He deserved it as well, proving and reastablishing that he truely is a great driver.
well done brawn
Here’s another one…sorry I can’t resist…
“Jenson gets in a Virgin and finishes 1st!”
I cannot wait for 1oclock for that race to start…COME ON BUTTON LAD!!
As a Ferrari fan i’m disappointed but well done to brawn GP for making a great car and having a great race. Vetel was unlucky there at the end. The car’s with legal/illegal diffuser’s are much faster. Except for the start of the race the KERS system is useless, not worth the weight it brings.
Now that is what i call motorsport! I set my alarm early so i could watch it live and im glad i did. In my opinion Button has been overlooked for years, but now, with the help of an awsome car, he can show the world what he’s got. Hamilton was quite impressive also, he got from 18th to 4th. The KERS system played a big part in todays end result, im sure without it, Hamilton would be near the bottom of the pack. The incident between Kubica and Vettel was very careless, but a good result for Brawn GP, a 1-2 is incredible for a team with very few sponsors and little experience (for some people).
And regarding Lewis’s amazing drive from the back of the field to 4th, the sad thing is the Ferrari-fan/Hami-haters are still going to talk crap about his driving ability, even though their boys could only manage 16th and 17th…
Stubborn tifosi…
Fan-flippin-tastic race!
Congratulations to Jenson, Rubens, and of course everyone at Brawn, and Honda too. Great to see some of what were always the minor teams mixing it with the big boys, and beating them.
I think Lewis H was always going to muscle the McLaren up through the field – an awesome effort by him too.
What about the reds though? Could have made life very interesting if only they’d kept it going. Still seem to be outpaced though.
Congrats again to Brawn GP!
hahahahahahahahahahahahah ahaha raikonen came last
Unbelievable, just unbelievable….its like a fairy tale come true.
Hurray, F1 is fun to watch again!! Kudos to the OWG!!
WOOOOO JENSON WINS I AM SO HAPPY AND THE BRAWN GP CAR LOOKS STUNNING. Well Done to Brawn GP, Ross Brawn, Beardy Branson and the 2 drivers, nice one boys.
WELL DONE you deserved the 1-2 Congrats to all
just hope Ferrari can bring the race to you the weekend did remind me of Brawns time at Ferrari
Going to be a great year
PS HONDA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH A
i’ve been a Honda fan throughout my few years of following F1.. and this really made me happy
button finally got the car he deserves!
congratz to the team! well deserved win!!
Trulli and Hamilton’s driving was very good…
From the bottom of the group to the top (Trulli trounces Hamilton though).
A lesson learned in this is that the new (super) soft tires need some clever pit strategy to work (since they only last a few laps)…
@What:
You have to take into account that the Toyotas were actually capable of qualifying in the top 5, unlike the McLaren. Taking everything into context makes Hamilton’s drive even more impressive.
Well done JB, RB & RB ( & RB! ).
However, if the appeal against Brawn, Williams & Toyota wins then Hamilton will be awarded the victory!!!!!
Somehow I can’t see that happening.
brawn gp fantastic job. hamilton just got lucky today wonder what the guys at mclaren are doing because by seeing ferrari’s performance today keeping aside the stupid decisions they will be back in sepang no doubt inspite of that diffuser confusion. and yes the kers system is pretty useful in the race if not in qualifying.
Feel so sorry for vettel, drove the whole race perfectly and then gets knocked out by an arrogant over eager idiot, hope Kubica gets a penalty, he didn’t care where the red bull was, he just tried to muscle his way through.
Glad F1 is back and nice to see nelson piquet spining out and sad to see mark webber with problem again.But i am happy that the race is very unpredictable and a thrill to watch. finaly F1 is a proper sport(for now).
i hate brawn gp their rare diffuser is illegal and that is why they are a second faster than everyone. Why won’t the FIA punish them?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
This year is going to be superb. Obviously Brawn will be fighting for it, but I dont think its going to be as easy as this race was. Toyota are very strong. If they didnt start from the pit lane they would have been fighting with button and vettel all race.
It looks like its going to be a 6 man season, Button, Barrichelo, Vettel, Kubica, Trulli and Glock.
Ferrari will probably get strong later in the season, but for now they are out of it.
Im glad to see some passing takign place, even on this mediocre passing circuit. Roll on Malasia!
WOW, what a great race well done brawn gp, and Jenson!!:)
It is not illegal axf1.
FIA checked it.
It meets the regulations.
But it is not “in the spirit of the rules”.
axf1, if their diffuser is illegal, then please tell me why the FIA and scrutineers have ruled that it and the Toyota and Williams are 100% Legal, on two separate occasions?
INCREDIBLE!
Congrats to Jenson & Ruben for their incredible win… They really deserves it…
I’m still pissed by Kubica by his “OVERTAKING MOVE” on Vettel…. >_<
what an absolutely brilliant weekend for team brawn ,i’m no wuss but it brought a tear to my eyes to see a brit take the chequered flag,well done jennsen and rubens and the entire team ,give yourselves a much deserved pat on the back. i bet beardy branson (as jc calls him )will have an even bigger smile than normal and well done to lewis for fighting to the front,all the best for the rest of the season to brawn and mclaren…dave
To R8-Best Diesel.
Before you call anybody an idiot, look at a mirror, you will find an a perfect example of one.
Vettel had soft tires and was slower than Kubica who had better tires. Vettel made the mistake before that bend. When he saw that Kubica was overtaking him, he wanted ta speed up. As a result he lost control, his front wheels skidded. his front wheel hit Kubica’s rear wheel when Kubica was in front of him. How can you say that the driver who was in the front caused the accident.
Who was apologizing after the incident? Who said sorry Robert?
If don’t understand F1, you’d better watch some simple cartoons.
great 1-2 for brawn,they rule!,button did an amazing drive and is a deserved winner,what was kubica thinking?,woohoo!,ferrari has another bad day raikkonen damaged the front wing,massa engine konked out. brawn rule!,bring on malaysia!
Brawn was not that much quicker. Considering Vettel was within 5 seconds at the most behind Button. Kubica was catching them both at the last 8 or so laps. Pity they both got tangled up. I would have liked to see Kubica sneaking up on Button. Making Button defensive. Then having Vettel closing in and trying to overtake in the last lap. It would have been a hell of a start with the top 3 cars line abreast dragging each other to the finish line.
I blame the starting time. If it was an hour earlier the soft tires might have been a bit better.
It’s good to see Button back on top for Britain today. Hopefully Hamilton will do much better over the course of the season, and challenge for a second title.
But it’s SOOOO pleasing to see the Ferraris perform so badly!
Brawn or McLaren for the Constructor’s Title!
Congrats to Jenson and Ruben for their well fought win. I have never been more pleased with a race winner and even more importantly it brought a smile on face because because Jensen and the entire Brawn outfit overcame great adversity just to even compete in F1 this year.
Also, as a Aussie, I would like to say cheer up Mark, Redbull showed they are competitive and you’ll have better races later on in the year
What a race! About halfway through it felt almost finished because there was so much action! The race was sewn up when Vettel went too deep and Kubica didn’t give him enough space. The pair of them should’ve waited for a better place to fight it out. Great drives from Lewis and Trulli – 18th-4th and joint last-3rd respectively.
Great to see Brawn atop the grid places , especially as the two very lucky drivers are nice guys and very skilled. But I hope Virgin doesn’t completely absorb the team through sponsorship and start claiming glory.
It’ll be interesting to see what the FIA decide on the diffusers though, as 4 of the top 5 are at risk.
Oh, and GREAT show BBC. The intro is sooo much better than ITV’s, even the animation. And the pundit interviews are actually intelligent and helpful and now both commentators are good – but then, Anyone’s better than James Allen. But there seems to be some friction between DC and Eddie Jordan. I wonder if they might start arguing in hotter countries like Malaysia and Bahrain, or perhaps towards the end of the year. But still great to hear from people who actually know what they’re on about and have intelligent thoughts, instead of just hearing Mark bloody Blunder re-iterating Steve Allen’s usually dull or silly question as a sentence.
Oh, and incase anyone didn’t press red and watch an extra hour of analysis and discussion, that first corner scrum was actually Kovalainen’s fault – he pushed Rubens Barrichello into Webber.
The only problam for me was that no-one reminded me to adjust my clock, so I switch on my TV at 6:02 to see not interviews, but the formation lap! Oh well. I’m sure they just went over all the changes that I’ve read in TG’s F1 guide and elsewhere.
Lastly, GO BUTTON!!
Honda will soooooo regret selling the team LOL. Fantastic race for Brawn GP on their debut.
That said, it is worth remembering that while Hamilton did a great race given the underperforming McLaren, he only came 4th (or 3rd) because of the many retirements in front of him, else he wouldn’t be nowhere near the podium.
A disastrous race for Ferrari, unreliable car and both drivers seem to lose focus during the race (and yes I’m a Ferrari fan LOL). Couldn’t have had a worse start for the season. But I’m sure that both McLaren and Ferrari will catch up by May in Catalunya.
However, even given the half a second or so the controversial diffuser gives, most of the teams were nowhere near Brawn’s level of performance. Just incredible!
Every time the commentary went quiet I expected the adverts to start!
Good job BBC. Great use of Red Button. DC & EJ won’t pull any punches.
Theme tune is nice as well!!!
On another note. Who would have thought Nico Rosberg would get the fastest lap. 1:27.706
the brawn gp is going to win the constructors thats fr sure……ferrari wont fare too well this season….d harsh reality
well said marcus and shut up axf1,brawn gp don’t have illegal diffusers! END OF!
Lastly
It was great to see Brawn celebrate like they were done for the year.
glad f1 is back on the bbc,the itv adverts were a joke!
Sticking thru as a Honda fan has final yielded dividends. But as a Honda F1 fan I’m humiliated. But as a 09′ default Brawn GP fan I’m proud.
Also if you weren’t a Honda fan before and now your a Brawn fan…your pretty much a bandwagoner. Stick with being a Ferrari fan and maybe in 2012 things may go your way.
well im gonna stick with being a true ferrari fan only……but wat honda hv done is amazing……err brawn……. ferrari shud dump the KERS…..or maybe it too late…..ferrari r hopeless
good race, i feel sorry for Mark Webber though.
Just to say it, Trulli has been thrown down to 12th for the safety car incident. Hamilton is now third. And Force India were only 1 place away from a point:)
Brawn GP “they came they saw they won”
Why would you give away two years of research, a winning car all for what? cut back expenses??
Virgin knew this would be a winning car and Honda didn’t.. riiggghhhtttt!!!
Good job to Lewis
Hamilton is not thrid?!!!
That sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And well done Jenson.
Too bad to see Vettel being penalised….!
To Azizul
The crash between Kubica and Vettel , was Vettel’s fault , not Kubicas’s. Kubica left enough room to Vettel.
Ferrari 1-2 in Sepang please ^^
to anoynamas it is because the FIA JUST WANT BRWN TO WIN THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TO Newb
YA for half his car
well done Jens, proof that you are the great driver we know you are.
Storming result for Lewis, maybe all knobs out there who we convinced he was only good because of the car he had will shut up now and recognise the awesome talent he has!
I remember jenson visiting TopGear some series ago, claiming that hi would trade all of his money for the first F1 win. well pay up jenson!:P no just want to say jenson deserves it!
Now Hamilton IS third. good for him
I still can’t get over the fact that vettel and kubica eliminated each other. that was verry disapointing…
Well, Jenson! Congrats! I haven’t watched the race yet, I’ll watch the repeat but well done Hamilton! But, Rubens, you’re old and a good second! Have a whisky on me
I think Jenson Buttons victory was brilliant,but why is he in mercedes, come to mclaren!
Brawn bought the Honda chasis that was in development under his guidence since 07′. Honda sunk in not just millions but hundreds of millions into that chasis. So of course it looks bad for the Honda execs but it actually proves they did create something epic. Also names are meaningless. It’s ALL the head designer’s glory.
Honda, Ford, Hyundai, Mclaren, Toyota, Ferrari. You need to dig deeper and find out whos heading their design programs. If not you’ll be a badgewhore for the rest of your life.
I have my doubts that Brawn will dominate. They are now an independent team, and later on in the season the mammoth resources of the manufacturer teams will soon push them ahead. Of course, it will be at least a few races before non-diffuser teams start posing a realistic threat. Presumably once they develop their own diffuser to a similar standard.
Didn´t c more overtaking btw.
So Kers and this ugly front and back wing are for nothing? Another major failure by the FIA.
btw, great 2c the race on BBC (from NL) and great to hear Martin Brundle confirm the ugliness of this massive frontwing. Maybe the FIA think they can fool the real fans but they will turn out to be wrong unless they change this back to the 2008 proportions! Otherwise sponsor might be hard to find for 2010 .. Brands tend to prefer to expose on elegant machines, not on snowplows with a flag on the back!
I like the front wings… The rear wings are too narrow though. Some cars look really nice (McLaren, Brawn) and others look really ugly (BMW Sauber, Force India).
I noticed on the F1 website that Hamilton came third yet he did not appear on the podium. Can someone enlighten me as to why this is.
Overall though it was a great race.
Never mind. You guys have solved the Hamilton conundrum.
@Bones; Hamilton thought that he ought to let Trulli regain his position after an off (under the safety car), however Hamilton appealed as he shouldn’t of let him regain his position for some reason. Hope that helped…somehow!?
Poor Trulli, a well deserved podium taken away. So much for the less interference plans.
Apart from that it was a spectacular race, and I was cheering when Vettle and Kubica crashed!!
Randy, what race did you watch?
There were LOTS of overtakes.
Different cars were faster at different stages of the race.
There were no pitstop races/overtakes.
At no point in the race did I think “I wish the cars were prettier.”
Sponsors don’t prefer elegant machines, they look at the viewing figures.
For building such a good race-car that has allowed Brawn GP (don’t forget that’s who they were and Honda has effectively paid for them for the year and the development of the car!) to go so fast!
Excellent, very eventful.
Kudos to the OWG, KERS and Bridgestone. Variables allow for better racing, not a spec series!
lewis who?
Actually, Lewis didn’t earn 16 places, he did overtake 8 cars slower than him and waited for other 8 faster than him to retire. Much more lucky than brave, I say
Pedant, watch last yrs race, same action. The ugly wings makes no difference at all. The cars look ok from the side, but the front apprearance is horrible and the narrow backwing looks stupid and silly.
Or do you drive a Celica with all these plastic spoilers??
Believe me, the 09 F1 cars will not make it into Goodwood classic beauties like the early 90s cars for example, or even last yrs cars…
great drive by both brawns, glad to see button has a have decent car now instead of some heap of crap honda. He is a good driver and now he has a chance of winning a few races.
Hamilton did well to get up from the middle of nowhere where he started.
The Trulli discision is pathetic. He was under the impression that he spun while the safety car was out. To relegate him that far back is a slap in the face. Give Hamilton the place, fine but what he recieved was pathetic for a mistake. If it was intentional overtaking then the penalty would be fine, but it wasnt, it was just a mis-understanding.
Also the 10 place drop for Vettel is stupid. The fine is understandable for doing laps with only 3 wheels, but the Kubica incident was a racing incident, no harm was meant, just tires worn out.
Fantastic race! Lots of action and intrigue, Jenson deserves this so much.
Heaps of negativity on this forum though. Some of the comments make the contributors sound like complete idiots.
Please, please don’t start saying that the FIA favour Brawn GP, stop thinking, it is quite clearly a waste of energy for you.
And give up on the diffusers, Brawn GP will not loose the points won while the diffuser is under protest, they will either have to bin it or not after Malaysia. If they get to keep it, the now “high and mighty” Ferrari will be the first to copy it.
Rant over.
good for brawn. i will be happy if they win, happier if ferrari wins, and cut my wrist if either toyota or mclaren wins.
We haven’t seen interesting F1 for years. I remember watching schumacher aged 17 racing for mercedes at le mans in 91 and it was truly amazing…i couldn’t wait to see him in an f1 car. but after his n’th victory it got a bit tedious….well done to bernie for reinventing the sport, well done to jenson for being generally talented and sticking with crap cars, but most impotantly (and something most people seem to take too much for granted), well done to mr brawn for picking up the pieces, putting his nuts on the line and proving he really is the man that made it happen for all those years. Lets hope the high budget teams don’t catch up too quickly! Honda look pretty silly now….
I’m amazed but F1 + KERS, new rules, dodgy tyres = fun to watch!!
That’s the first time in ages I’ve watched a full GP, so thankful that BBC have it now the coverage was superb. The only downer for me was the rather cumbersome safety car rule that is new. Mind you Massa doesn’t seem to understand them either! I heard them on the radio to him telling him to use the KERS and be ready for the safety car to come off. Bless him he doesn’t come across as the brightest of lads!
It’s been a fun race and all the new stuff seems to work properly. Except the front wings. Take the Vettel-Kubica crash. If Vettel’s wing wasn’t a mile wide it wouldn’t have hurt Kubica, they’d have bounced each other with tyres and no more. Instead there were sheds of carbon everywhere and Safety Car had to finish the race.
absolutely dismal performance by the ferraris…..never imagined that kimi wud be last……..n diffuser or no diffuser…..honda hav done a superb job on their cars…or rather the brawns……brawns will dominate the whole season…but i doubt they will be able to take this form into the next season…(though its way to early to say this)…mainly cos a lot of time(1.5yrs) ws spent by honda on dese cars…..n yes if those diffusers are legalized then ferrari shud put smthing like that under their cars as well……..n dump the KERS!
axf1, have you actually read the rules?
No.
Great job by Brawn, Button, Barichello and everyone else at Brackley and Honda in Japan!!!!!!!
Richard Branson got ripped off though, he should of made the drivers change their outfit so that it would say virgin on them on the podium.
Congrats Button, do it some more!!!! Make what Massa said a reality!!!! then we’ll have another British champion……
What a race! A good omen for the season to come. Great job by Ross Brawn, fantastic! Let’s not forget lewis in all this mayhem, 18th to, what became, 3rd, what a drive
Well done Jenson-flawless race!I am not a huge Jenson fan but I have always believed that he can do the job given the best car (like Lewis last year).Rubens did get himself into some scrapes but a true battler-still very capable.Feel sorry for Vettel and Kubica – they were excellent up until the incident.Rosberg was brilliant too.
As for Hamilton – yeah,a good drive BUT he did totally luck it into 3rd place – 7 or 8 cars in front of him either retired or had to pit unexpetadly after damage.So,nothing special from him – i get bored hearing people say ‘wow!amazing-he had to overtake 15 cars!!’.As someone said-Trulli was alot more impressive starting from the pit-lane.
@barri:
You can’t claim Hamilton lucked into it while being impressed by Trulli’s drive because each retirement helped both of them. On top of that, the Toyota is a much much faster car than the McLaren as seen in qualifying. Hamilton’s drive was more impressive when you think about it.
First time ever that a “rookie team” wins it’s first race !
Brown made such a hugeeeeee achivement ! Well done !
Ferrari sucked ass today. I hope Brawn wins the Driver’ Championship with Rubens this year!
@internet – I don’t think that the disparagy between the mclaren and the toyoto’s performance is all that huge (the Brawns are in a different league though)-his mclaren looked faster than i expected – but fair point.
My point was more about more impressed by Trulli because he is much more underrated than Hamilton and he performed just as well but no-one really comments but i’m not saying Trulli was extra special either. Just saying that people exaggerate just how well Hamilton drove.
I left for a potty break for a minute and suddenly HAM goes to 3rd from 7th? (He got lucky again)
And the Ferrari’s… A random failure for Massa and a random spin for Raikonnen. Yup, sounds like them. Still, apart from that, good effort!
For Brawn, I have nothing to say. Pure quality performance. Still, I want to know the reason =]
*Its actually funny and touching to see Vettel limp his way back home (only to be charged a penalty and USD50k for doing so…)
What a great race, more please, and thank God its on the BBC.. One thing though what happens IF the rear diffusers is said to be illegal??? I have watched F1 for many years now and have to say the new changes seems to have done the trick, by the way does anyone understand KERS apart from James May?? and why is it not compulsory for all the cars to have it.
*Vettel – poor kid! I saw his response to the incident, he was just so honest and humble about it being his fault and you’d have to have a heart of stone not to feel for him. Yeah,nicest guy in f1-anyway,he’s still learning the ropes and when he’s got a little more experience under his belt, he’ll be unbeatable imo.
glad for Brawn GP and the lads!!! well done
hamilton this hamilton that, f… him
new era in formula 1
a fresh air, the whole thing just got exciting over this weekend.
Wow what a race. Was up at six!! Well done Brawn GP – Jenson and Rubens and team. As for replacing Rubens with yng Senna – no chance. Saw Senna drive a few yrs ago and he hit everything but the finish line!! Experience counts (i know rubens hit a few things to). Brilliant to see Ferrari fail miserably. Cant wait till Malaysia.
congrats to both jenson and lewis for great performances. shame they weren’t on the podium together, but will expect to see them sharing it a lot more in future races. hopefully we’ll be heaqring God Save The Queen more often than not this year
but i like brawn,i found honda boring,not waiting til 2012 with stupid ferrari,toyota get a proper life!
Well done Jenson, hopefully you’ve silenced some doubters. Well done to the whole Brawn team and Rubens, a great race, hopefully more to come.
Thanks to the BBC for great coverage, especially on the red button. One small gripe, I don’t think EJ brings anything to the show, but overall the Beeb have raised the bar.
I just want to see the face of the gay the pull the plug of the Honda F1 last year
))))))
Nidzo, his sexuality has nothing to do with it!!!
Well done to Jenson and Rubens… shame Lewis didn’t get a chance to celebrate on the podium, but the boy done good!
One of the guys from the McLaren team reckon they’ll win at Spain, can’t wait for that (5th race I believe…) Good to see Lewis getting up the grid and then up to 3rd, and still an appeal against Brawn’s diffusers…
Would love to see the British drivers both doing well this season, well done to Jensen and good luck to Hamilton!
As much as I’d enjoy seeing Brawn do well I hope it doesn’t get very one-sided, better if we get an ending like last season…
amazin! shows them big teams who is boss! legend! i cant say anymore! LOL
Button flies!
Sorry.
Finally a new order in F1, Im not pleased about Mclaren and Ferrari having weak cars, Because we all Love watching them Race… But to have Brawn come along and win with the 2 most likeable chaps on the Grid is Amazing. Im Gunning for Button to take the Title this year, But theres a long way to go…
WTF happened to trulli??? he s been penalized because he took back his third place behind the safety car… but hamilton first took over him while he was off the track… so why no penality for hamilton???
very well done to everyone in the brawn team. a great achivement from a team that a month ago didnt really exist. Button for the title.
well done Jenson & ruebens brawn racing team should be proud of themselves i know who i’ll be cheering on this season
Lewis’ drive was crap. OK, so he finished 4th, but he didnt deserve it. Im a huge fan but this just isnt good enough, and blaming a poor car just isnt going to cut it. Is it the pressure?
WWLL DONE JENSON!!!
Absolutely great!
Edge of the seat television!
This is a wake up call for the rest, watch out for the white…
Bring on malaysia!!
Cheers,
Olaf
http://brawnf1-forum.co.u k
What a race!! Watched it when i got up this morning and was completely glued to the TV! Overtaking, drama, crashes and best of all Ferrari’s breaking down and hitting barriers. If this is whats to come then im gonna be loving the sport even more than i do!
Huge congratulations to Brawn, great driving and im thrilled for Button – his waiting at BAR/Honda/Brawn finnally pays off with a good car!
And i think Lewis’drive was fantastic. You could tell the car was slower than others, yet he still got it up to 6th on his own without Kubica and Vettel and Truli and the 3rd place is well deserved. Great to see some overtaking.
And what a suprise… Nakajima and Piquet crashing, thats new!
And finally well done to the bbc, the coverage was really good and comentry great – your much better than ITV!!
@tisme
KERS Flywheel:
The flywheel acts as the energy generation system connected to the drive train Via a CVT. By varying the CVT gear ratio (in this case to speed the flywheel) you increase the energy in the system, and vice versa. A clutch cuts in to prevent RPM’s above the permitted limit of the system.
The complete name of Williams system is: Magnetically Loaded Composite Flywheel Energy Storage System, or MLCFESS, for short. Without going into much detail (I encountered a similar system at university whilst studying nuclear science), the structure of the flywheel acts as an electronic motor with permanent magnets in the flywheel composite structure.
It’s been a while, but I think that’s a basic enough explanation for me to get away with.
I don’t know much about the other system. I do know about the chemical batteries and super capacitors used in the KERS though.
Any questions or derision welcome.
Well done Jenson!
You’re a great driver, and you deserved another Grand Prix!
well done to brawn team to do so well and to save a jot of jobs. so well don two get a one two maybe mirce be backing the moor than maclrone haha this should be an exsiting year i carnt waiate next weekend.
Brillant!!!!! even my little boy was lovin it and hes only 2!!! congrats to the whole brawn team and to lewis as well.
fra, Hamilton wasn’t penalised as you can overtake under the safety car if the car infront is off the track and not between the white lines. Remember Massa at Silverstone? Kept spinning behind the safety car, went out of the lines, and got overtaken.
Good work Charlie.
Did Hamilton give him the place back or did trulli just take it?
YankeeDoodle must of been on the potty for about 3 hours!
That’s the problem with BBC coverage: you can’t go to the loo during the adverts.
Have a milk bottle handy.
great race and all the better for no TV ads, although as I was watching in the bedroom, with no Sky+ I had to keep me legs crossed!
actually that sounds a bit dodgy…i mean having to wait to go to the loo…
chuffed to bits for Rueben my fave driver…after Mr Stig naturally!
The last week or so has been absolutely AMAZING for F1 fans. The new rules really have shook things up a bit. A team that only existed for a couple of weeks qualifying on the front row of the gird AND taking a 1-2 win! Epic! People that say f1 is boring need a kick up the arse, just like the people at Honda are doing to themselves after selling the team. I did wish the Ferrari’s would be there in the rough and tumble at the end though. That would have made for great racing.
I’m going to get hung, drawn and quartered for this but… here I go: I don’t like Lewis Hamilton. I don’t know why, he just annoys me. People won’t forget about good old Jenson Button for a while though… good on him!
Oh, and just a side note: it was great to hear ‘The Chain’ being played at the start. I’m not sure why but today’s GP had that real old-fashioned feel to it, maybe it was the colour scheme of the Renaults.
@Doop-e-doo…oh dear…wait for the barrage of ‘Hamilton-hater’ replies to your comment. But hey, it’s a personal view and we’re all entitled to them. Anyway,I agree
I don’t like the guy either! Just something a bit too smug and bland about him.. Anyway, enough negative stuff – come on,Brawn!! And keep an eye open for all the Sebs!!! They will succeed!!Vettel-we all know he is going to be the best!!Rookie Beumi did really well…and am I the only one that thinks that Bourdais is going to really raise his game one day? hmm..maybe i am!! hehe
congrats to jenson and hamilton!!! (i always said it was hamiltons natural ability and not the car that made him, i’d say this goes some way to proving that truism)
btw… god i love seeing ferrari fail so badly *ahem* i mean poor them!
DdMcB, did you watch qualifying? Lewis started where he did because of a gearbox failure, so the car did let him down and it wasn’t “pressure.” He had an amazing drive from near last to 3rd (now that Trulli was given a 25-second penalty after the race for passing during a safety-car period).
And I can’t understand the Hami-haters in general, saying he’s arrogant and smug. In every single interview i’ve ever heard him do he was nothing but humble, always saying that he can’t believe where he’s gotten, how thankful he is to his team, and just how thankful he is to be in F1 in general and race agaisnt people he idolized just a few years back.
You “just don’t like him” because he’s Lewis Hamilton and you’re not. Simple childish jealousy.
Anyway, congrats again to everyone at Brawn GP and to Lewis and McLaren for a great performance.
And to the Honda fans, keep in mind that if the Brawns had remained Hondas, they’d still be running Honda engines and KERS, and almost certainly wouldn’t have performed like the Brawns did.
It’s quite silly of you to call new Brawn fans bandwagoners if they weren’t Honda fans before. Where you a BAR fan before you were a Honda fan? Keep in mind that the BAR was a much better car before Honda bought the whole team.
And go back and look at testing photos of the ‘09 Honda and then look at pics of the Brawn and try to tell me it’s the same car. Sure, Honda had a lot to do with the Brawn, but not all of it. Certainly not all of the aero and none of the powertrain.
P.S. “R8-Best Diesel Ever,” are you referring to the race car or the new diesel version of the R8 roadcar? Because the R8 race car was not a diesel.
okay, that’s enough ranting for me, i need a cigarette…
Do you think that Honda should change the name of their tuning division from Mugen to Brawn? Seems Brawn do a much better job of making a Honda go faster….
I think the main problem with the way Honda ran the team was their methods of operating in general. That is to say, high-ups with a less than perfect understanding of F1 making the decisions as to how the team would be run.
Brawn is a “garagista” in the true sense of the word, like McLaren and Ferrari. Team owners who put motorsports first, as opposed to huge manufacturers, have always done better at thriving in F1. And before you site Renault’s championships, remember that Renault, and when they were Benneton before, succeeded because Flavio was running the show in the tradition of a “small” team dedicated to F1. Renault was just the name of the car and the name on the engines.
All this is also why Toyota have never won a race. They run their team like Honda did…the wrong way. All the money in the world won’t translate into wins if you don’t know how to operate a team the way the motorsports-dedicated teams do.
Sure, Ferrari makes a lot of road cars, but since the days of Enzo, they have always sold road cars to allow them to go racing.
Go Brawn GP!! great race and one of the most exciting race i ever watched.
The best part of it is that no red cars finish the race. hahaha!
Brawn can make fast F1 cars but can they make a good street car? that is the question.
mugen can do fast cars in other sports. They don’t have the skill yet to make F1 cars that is why they hired Brawn to do the job. Just think if Brawn GP is still Honda F1 Team it would have been the best win in history. from zero to hero!
What are the ingredients of a Formula 1? :[
@84: Mercedes did it in 1954. Brawn are not the first.
@119: So you didn’t hear the interview last year where Hamilton was saying how much better than Heikki he is? Or talking about himself in the third person? The man is a douche.
@127 Well he is way better than Heikki! That’s why Heikki is such a good fit for the team. He’s the clear #2 driver.
And no, I never heard that interview. maybe you can find it for me?
and @mugen, you have to understand that even when the team was called “Honda” it was still a British outfit controlled by Honda (formerly BAR-Honda). The main designers and engineers of the car were not Honda people, they were people paid by Honda. I’m pretty sure the only Honda-designed part on the car was the engine.
So basically, the Honda car was as much a Honda as a NASCAR Ford is a Ford made car. Hondas real contribution to the car, besides the engine, was money and resources.
And I don’t know how long you’ve been following the sport (and I don’t mean that to sound condescending), but when the cars were still “Hondas,” they did pick up a win in Hungary in ‘06 (Jenson again).
if Honda hadn’t pulled out it would have been a japanese manufacturer’s podium.
gosh if anyone could translate what they’re saying in Japan.
super congrats to Button though, i thought he was gonna cry from the relief and victory.
Brawn, Button, Barrichello, British team…. then comes Branson; Brilliant!!!….. the B-Boys who were hanging on the cloud of uncertainty did a sensational job!! on a brink of losing jobs to winning grand prix, it really is a fairy tale story for Jenson, Rubens, Ross and his team. they made a race winning car, they were in pole positon, they won the GP and they even landed a really good sponsor… really well deserved.
great race, well done jenson.
I’m loving the new commentator, he’s much better than james allen (although that wouldn’t be hard!).
Congratulation Jenson, Barrichello and Brawn. Great race!!
Good Race Hamilton, Truli coming from the back to score some points.
Too Bad Vettel and Kubica don’t screw up next time.
What the hell!! Jarno Trulli was bumped to 12th place!! Whatever!!
Tyrell>BAR>Honda>BrawnGP ‘A new team’?
I was literally in tears last year when Honda pulled out because I knew they would have a great car. I never would have predicted that they would 1-2 on their debut!!!
Uninterrupted coverage is fantastic…………. but there’s one problem, there was no chance ofr me to go to the toilet during the race.
@marcus.. yes i know it still a british team even if it is already Honda. but i know honda didn’t just give money to the team and leave all the developments by themselves. The Japanese also did help develop the car in one way or another.
And i’ve been a fan of Honda since BAR use a honda engine.
Finally, Toyota had a mega fast car, yet Trulli gets penalised! The penalty was harsh I think and at could have gave Trulli 4th instead of nothing! Talk about a kick in the teeth!
But what a great drive from the Toyotas from the pit lane! OK Hamilton did good from 18th, but he definately didn’t 3rd. 4th is where he was before the safety car and 4th is where he should have stayed!
Well done JB. Well Done Brawn.
As for the BBC coverage. I didn’t get to see the early showing, and thought the repeat would be the same. Where was the grid walk. Where was the full driver debreif. Where was the pundit speak.
Legard needs to shhhh a little, and stop talking like its an episode of Ninja Warrior!!! Dare I say it, come back James all is forgiven!!! At least James nows that Martin is the one to listen too. John talks over Martin, and forgets we are watching also. It isn’t radio.
I expected the BBC’s coverage to better ITV, but it was poor. Great there is no adverts, but sort it out!!!!
I miss Louise also, she has a better rapoor, and gets better answers than the new girl.
@MB, I completely agree! I never disliked James Allen, and i don’t think that everyone who said they did did. I didn’t feel Legard gave the respect to Martin that he deserved.
And Eddie Jordan was also very annoying…
I think Mr. Brawn is the best of all technical director that the F1 have..
jenson button is also good, he just need this kind of a car to win
surely if both of them win in malaysia, i will not be surprised if they will win all the race this year..
if the first three race of this year will be dominated by Brawn…I will bet my house and car…”this year they will win!!!!”
I think Mr. Clarkson said something about jenson button before the end of the last year….hmmmmm…hahahaha…..
anyway…i think, you just need a smart man like brawn to have a good car…honda and toyota can definitely fund a five F1 team or even more because of their financial capability..However the development process was/is not good that’s why they can’t build a competitive car…..
Speedmarque- Thanks for that. Still have no clue but at least I can tell that story down the Pub.
the race was epic rubens drove suprebly from a broken front wing and then jenson drove superbly from the front with a perfect car to suit has driving bad news for ferrari one crash one mechanical let down too bad and then the superb Hamilton drive it was epic
Great race. good show brawn gp !!!!!!!!. pity to see ferrari where they were. they will be back better at malaysia for sure. the mclaren was driven well by hamilton but he did get very lucky.
Barrichello should have had a penalty for the pile up at the start, it was clearly his fault, and considering Vettel got a 10 place grid penalty for a similar accident, how did Barrichello get away nothing.
Well done to the whole brawn team. Been said already but its good to see the status quo being upset, long may it continue.
Not sure about honda wishing they had kept control, could the mercedes engine be making all the difference???
Oh and its ace to finally see a ‘race’
incidents are always gonna happen, thats what makes it so appealing.
Touring cars is one of the best series’ for viewers, i want to see the drivers racing wheel to wheel and if that means a couple of accidents, more the better! :0)
@SP
Heikki shunted Barichello into t’other cars, he admitted responsibility already.
You sort of saw this coming when Brawn joined F1 testing in Spain but it’s no less amazing for it. That was the best lights to flag drive I can remember for a long time. JB’s style is so smooth and he will be one of the few drivers who will make the super soft tyre work and not burn it out after a few laps. Can’t wait for Malaysia.
R8 Best Diesel Ever – change your name and you may not look so silly. The R8 was a petrol.
What a start for the season. Supurb job done by all at Brawn.
Just wait till they get thier KERS system running, they’ll be lapping everyone by the 10th lap!!
JB is the Stig!
Just a note…. Every round of the BTCC will be shown LIVE on ITV this year. Steve Rider will present, just hope James Allen doesnt do it aswell.
HAMILTONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NN
Brawn GP is the best underdog story since Vettel took the Italian GP for Toro Rosso.
Cant wait for next week,Alonso will be back were we thought we’d be THE FRONT!!!and please Pique pull your finger out!!!!!!
Honda shouldn’t feel too bad about pulling out – it may be largely their chassis, but I think the Mercedes engine also played a large part. There’s also the year-long development that BrawnGP have had over the others. Nice to see some new faces and teams at the front.
Haha.It looks like the fantastic drama.
Look forward to Malaysian GP..XD
I don’t get why people are saying you can’t go to the loo during the race. when f1 was on itv you still missed part of the race, the only difference is, you had the adverts as a excuse on itv…
i dont know why brawn are getting so excited because lewis managed to come third from 18th on the grid so unlucky brawn
ffgfgf rd or whatever the hell you’re called … Lewis Hamilton came in eighth place actually, he only came third because of the retirements of the cars in front of him. I’m not saying he didn’t do a good race. Quite the opposite in fact. However I don’t know why you and many others are gloating because of his third place. He only got there because he was lucky
Fines, disqualifications, technical darks, ugly cars. Fia mess. Is this F1? What a laugh.
brawns hard work has finaly paid off with a 1-2 well done go brawn
Why is a toilet brush a steering wheel?
WOW! what a win by Brawn GP. Well done Button and Rubens. Also to Hamilton for stickin with it. Just realised, GB is puttin itself back in the map. Hamilton World Champ, Button winin this, Andy Murray beatin both Nadal and Federer. Chris Hoy.. nd so on. I think Top Gear can contribute to this… somehow.
Well done anyways.
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Other people have metioned this but i thought i would say it anyway. People are saying that Honda probably wished they didnt pull out. But as well as a more advanced chasis(i think) and aerodynamics than the rest of the field, Brawn also have the mercedes engine from the Mclaren powering them along. If they hadnt had that engine and had a Honda engine they might not have been able to perform as well as they did in the race and through testing.
Also people are saying how now there is no adverts there are now no toilet breaks. But u still missed the race coz the race wouldnt just w8 until the adverts have stopped. in fact u missed more of the race with ITV coz 4 minute adverts every 15-30mins is alot more to miss than lets say 2-3 3 minute toilet breaks.
Holy Jesus, what a race. Lets just see if Button & Co. can pull it off again.
Be aware, these Honda engines were better than yu think! And they made the best noise .. Honda might regret but they are turning green anyway, no more S2000, no new NSX, just Hybrids. ShameShame.
Did anyone hear the news that Brawn just announced they had to lay off almost 1/3rd of their workforce in redundancies??
Doesn’t sound like Brawn are doing too well on the financial aspect of their team!!
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10 Grid places penalty. Thats a bit harsh when 2 drivers are racing for position. Sure Vettel admitted that he should have given up that corner, but he was mostly committed. It should be considered a racing incident. It was not like he was playing out a WW2 fantasy and wanted to take out someone Polish.
Just don’t forget that maybe the result for Honda would not be same if they didn’t pool the plug from F1. After all BrawnGP has Merc engine not Honda engine. Mclaren did win drivers title with that engine in 2008. So I guess that Brawn was lucky enough that Ferrari engine didn’t fit in his chassis.
About Kubica-Vettel incident I think that it wasn’t 100% Vettel’s guilt. Racing incident nothing more. But with admitting the guilt he become hero in my eyes.
Why Hamilton finishing on the podium would have been ‘cool’ while the Toyota 3-5 wasn’t?
Give me a break, TG. Do mention the little (non-British) guys with kindness sometimes.
The best drive has to be Rubens. His car anti-stalls off the line, he is involved in the first corner blues. Loses some of his front wing to Kimi. Has his front wing changed. Gets through traffic. Just misses Kubica and Vettel having a tiff. Finds himself second. I have not seen him do that well since he won the race from last on the grid for Ferrari.
For sure Button did a fantastic job of staying ahead of everyone. I bet he had the ghost of Coulthard everywhere he looked.
with all the hype surrounding lewis hamilton they almost forgot about jenson button, but a second win in the bag things are looking up for him. Ross Brawn shows why he is the best by starting this team.
Bruce, don’t forget Rubens last year in Silverstone in the pissing rain, it was a little lost with lewis fever, but it was his best drive (imo).
Marcus, did you hear Brawn telling Rubens to slow down – good advice for a virgin, no?
lol @ “H”
Next topic (or returing to the topic)…people, enough about saying if Honda hadn’t sold the team the result would have been the same in Australia.
The car would have been running a Honda engine with KERS, different aero, and it would have been a much different car.
Taking this into consideration, in my opinion Honda almost certainly wouldn’t have scored a 1-2, let alone even a podium.
The Brawn is a different, better car than Honda would have shown up with.
Strangely, this should make the Honda people feel a lot better about their decision to sell.
I very much doubt much work went into the car during the period after Honda pulled the plug. honda couldn’t even confirm if the team would be around to race this year. They only confirmed the funds to race a month before this GP & any development that has been done on the car would have been minimal & only to get the Merc engine to fit. The money Honda gave to BrawnGP was what it was legaly going to have to pay to make the staff redundant & it’s still going to cost Brawn a packet laying off 1/3 of their staff.
I would love to see someone other then Ferrai win the COnstructors for a change – im sick of them getting all their own way all the time.
Brawn did absolutely brilliantly over the past few weeks and i would like to think that maybe McLaren didnt do so well due to them helping out Force India and Brawn seeing as they are both using McLaren engines.
Personnaly i think that both the Toyota and Brawn Drivers did well as did Hamilton.
It was a good day for the Brits!!
Finally F1 can be considered a spectator sport. It has been dominated and boring for sometime. It’s about time we see some proper action. Great great great job Brawn and Jenson, Rubens is a bit rusty but hell get it back. I am optimistic that this year we may have an exciting season with some real competition. Though I think that the big dogs will develop their cars fast, I still see a great challenge. Front wings look good, rear look like crap.
brilliant drive for Brawn and Jensen. I would love Brawn to win the championship just to stick it to the bigger teams.
brawn are doing well and i hope they win the title