Button on pole for stunning Brawn

[4me2]

Button on pole for stunning Brawn


AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
Venue: Albert Park, Melbourne Dates: 27-29 March Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage and reaction from Saturday's qualifying session and Sunday's race across BBC TV, radio and online. Find complete listings here


Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello battled with each other for pole

Jenson Button claimed pole for the Australian Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello as Brawn GP put in a stunning show on their debut. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica will make up the second row at Melbourne's Albert Park.
McLaren's world champion Lewis Hamilton will start 15th after suffering problems with his rear drive train.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa split the Toyota drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli in seventh in a very competitive session.
Former Honda team Brawn GP - whose survival was secured by owner Ross Brawn in early March after the British-based Japanese team pulled out of F1 because of the global financial crisis - backed up their impressive performances in testing and practice in some style.
This is the first time any team has been on pole position with the first car they have built since Scotland's Jackie Stewart for Tyrrell at the Canadian GP in 1970.
"The last five or six months have been so tough for both of us, not knowing if we had a drive in F1," said England's Button, whose time of one minute 26.202 seconds secured pole.
"So to put this on pole here is really amazing.

We are where we deserve to be after going though such a tough time



Jenson Button

"Credit to [chief executive] Nick Fry and Ross Brawn for making it happen, we are where we deserve to be after going though such a tough time.
"The pace seemed good on both sets of tyres early on but the others seemed closer to us than I thought. I think it was down to about two hundredths.
"I was struggling a bit with fuel as well, I just couldn't get the car to work, but when we got the fuel in it was great and I think that bodes well for the race."
In the second qualifying session - considered the clearest guide to the true pace of the cars - Barrichello finished nearly four tenths ahead of the rest of field after clocking 1:24.783.
Compounding a scintillating team performance Button was less than one tenth of a second behind, while, lagging beyond, the next eight drivers were split by just two tenths of a second to give an indication of how close the field could be in Sunday's race.

More to follow.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7969464.stm

[blaggard]

It'll be nice to see Button competetive, interesting season ahead, unfortunately after Easter I start working Sundays until 3.30!! arrrggghhhh!

[4me2]

update.

Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli were sixth and eighth but got put to the back as Toyota's cars broke technical rules.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa is now sixth but Lewis Hamilton starts in 18th after his McLaren suffered gearbox troubles.
The grid could be subject to further change, with Williams complaining to stewards about breaches of the rules by the cars of Red Bull and Ferrari.

Watch Ferrari International Assistence come to their aid.

[blaggard]

update.

Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli were sixth and eighth but got put to the back as Toyota's cars broke technical rules.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa is now sixth but Lewis Hamilton starts in 18th after his McLaren suffered gearbox troubles.
The grid could be subject to further change, with Williams complaining to stewards about breaches of the rules by the cars of Red Bull and Ferrari.

Watch Ferrari International Assistence come to their aid.

Depressing but accurate!!

I reckon, technology allowing Alonso might be the man to beat this year.

I'll be up to watch the Aus tomorrow at 6am

[beerman]

Can we not put results in thread titles? I've just got up ready to watch qualifying, log on to DF and bamm I don't need to.

[4me2]

Can we not put results in thread titles? I've just got up ready to watch qualifying, log on to DF and bamm I don't need to.

Simple answer

Spoiler:

Get fucked ! if its that important to you don't fucking log on untill you've watched it simple as

[ka$h]

Can we not put results in thread titles? I've just got up ready to watch qualifying, log on to DF and bamm I don't need to.

Gotta agree with you beerman, spoilt it for me too

[DannyV]

Nice to see the 'underdogs' getting a slice of the action... gonna make for a very interesting season for sure.

[tips]

I'll be up to watch the Aus tomorrow at 6am

6.00am don't sound too bad, until your clocks go forward tonight. What a bummer.

[blaggard]

Ouch, I'll have to cut my afternoon pubtime down then

[kracken]

Well done Jensen and all at BrawnGP (admittedly Jensen has been a no hoper for a number of seasons and truth be told I had wondered what the hell you were being paid an astronomical salary for) , lets hope that it isnt a "flash in the pan" and you dont get deducted any points because of your interpretatioin of the rear defuser rules.

Its nice to see that the "usual suspects" were not in contention , lets hope this is just the start of some fresh ideas and new winners for the up and coming season.

Well done Jensen , Barrichello and all at Brackley

An intereting season ahead

[blaggard]

He's always been a very tasty driver, reminds me of Jackie Stewart. He's made bad decisions and had appalling luck, we've yet to have The FIA rule the diffuser illegal so it'll probably not last.

[4me2]

Well done Jensen and all at BrawnGP (admittedly Jensen has been a no hoper for a number of seasons and truth be told I had wondered what the hell you were being paid an astronomical salary for) , lets hope that it isnt a "flash in the pan" and you dont get deducted any points because of your interpretatioin of the rear defuser rules.

Its nice to see that the "usual suspects" were not in contention , lets hope this is just the start of some fresh ideas and new winners for the up and coming season.

Well done Jensen , Barrichello and all at Brackley

An intereting season ahead

I'm convinced the Ferrari International Assistance will step in and throw a spanner in the works. If they did it would benefit Hamilton too who could find himself the unlikely winner of today's race.

[4me2]

Gotta agree with you beerman, spoilt it for me too

If you were really that interested in the sport as you claim then you'd get your fucking lazy arse out of bed to watch it.

[blaggard]

This and the next race results will stand even if the diffuser is banned but I'm sure they can find something!

[ka$h]

If you were really that interested in the sport as you claim then you'd get your fucking lazy arse out of bed to watch it.

It's difficult when still up at 3am with a not very well 2 year old. I'm normally up to watch every race throughout the year, but missed this one due to being knackered, not lazy. Any other day it's lazy tho

Great result for Button and for Brawn GP but can they keep it up? Hamilton did very well finishing 4th from 18th, but if he had a full quali session he could well have been challenging Button for that 1st place IMO.

Roll on Malaysia Next weekend

[4me2]

Toyota's Jarno Trulli was hit with a 25-second penalty after the race giving Lewis Hamilton an unexpected third.

[4me2]

Vettel gets 10-place grid penalty


Sebastian Vettel has been demoted 10 grid places for next weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix after his crash with Robert Kubica in Melbourne. Vettel and the BMW Sauber driver had to retire from the Australian Grand Prix following the collision with three laps left as they battled for second place.
Stewards also fined his Red Bull team £35,000 for telling him to continue.
Vettel looked set for a podium finish, but the grid penalty will now severely handicap the German in Malaysia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7970668.stm



How come the cunts make decisions like these within minutes but take weeks to decide over the diffusers ?

[blaggard]

I assume the driver penalty is also for driving the car in while damaged??

[4me2]

I assume the driver penalty is also for driving the car in while damaged??

Yes.