Australian GP Result

A fantastic win by Jenson Button, a win that’ll make all his critics eat their word. Rubens Barrichello made it a Brawn GP 1 2. In one of the most anticipated World Championships ever in Melbourne after a dramatic winter break, the race proved to be one for the history book with an unfamiliar front row in the make of 2 Brawn GP cars.

Lewis Hamilton started the race at the back of the grid following a five-place penalty for a gearbox change. Toyota elected to start its cars from the pit lane when Glock and Trulli were also relegated for running illegal, flexible rear wing elements during qualifying.

Barrichello made a bad start while Button pulled away comfortably from the rest of the field. Rubens’ action created a chain reaction at Turn 1 as contact from Kovalainen’s McLaren pushed Rubens into Webber’s Red Bull which forced the Australian into Nick Heidfeld. The BMW’s spin, in turn, forced Alonso’s Renault into evacuation across the grass. Webber’s resultant half-spin in the middle of the pack saw him finally collected by Kovalainen, putting Heikki out of the race at the end of the lap with the Red Bull and BMW also out of contention for the remainder of the afternoon

Massa was third for Ferrari during the opening laps while Räikkönen was battling it out for fourth with Kubica. The first of two safety cars was deployed when Kazuki Najajima lost control of his Williams, putting two wheels over the kerb of Turn 4 – the Japanese driver suffered a heavy impact as the car’s front end took off briefly after contact with the concrete wall and a subsequent double spin.

Lewis Hamilton had a dramatic afternoon, coming up from 18th at the start to 11th by the end of the second lap. An entertaining battle for ninth with Piquet resulted in the Englishman easily taking ninth while Piquet spun off the circuit at Turn 1. Hamilton’s charge continued throughout the race with a late-race incident elevating him to four place by the finish.

Ferrari endured a frustrating day with both Massa, followed later by Raikkonen, retiring their cars in the garage in what was another disasterous Australian Grand Prix for the team. A sad result indeed and one that won’t go down well with the Ferrari faithfuls, including myself!

The race was the first to be finished under safety car positions since the Canadian Grand Prix of 1999. Brawn GP becomes the first constructor to claim a 1-2 on its debut since March in 1970, as Button took the 200th victory for a British driver in Formula 1. Despite watching Ferrari retiring, it was still a good race as it’s the first time I witness a brand new team claiming the Checkered Flag.

Race Result

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	J. Button	Brawn GP	1:34:15.784
2	R. Barrichello	Brawn GP	+ 0.807
3	J. Trulli	Toyota	+ 1.604
4	L. Hamilton	McLaren	+ 2.914
5	T. Glock	Toyota	+ 4.435
6	F. Alonso	Renault	+ 4.879
7	N. Rosberg	Williams	+ 5.722
8	S. Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 6.004
9	S. Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 6.298
10	A. Sutil	Force India F1	+ 6.335
11	N. Heidfeld	BMW	+ 7.085
12	G. Fisichella	Force India F1	+ 7.374
13	M. Webber	Red Bull	+ 1 laps
Did not finish
14	S. Vettel	Red Bull	+ 2 laps
15	R. Kubica	BMW	+ 3 laps
16	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 3 laps
17	F. Massa	Ferrari	+ 12 laps
18	N. Piquet jr.	Renault	+ 34 laps
19	K. Nakajima	Williams	+ 41 laps
20	H. Kovalainen	McLaren	+ 55 laps

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