Bahrain GP Race Result

Jenson Button has taken victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix from fourth on the starting grid. The World Championship leader pulled clear of the chasing pack as Sebastian Vettel and pole-sitter Jarno Trulli completed the rostrum. Champion Hamilton finished fourth as Kimi Räikkönen scored Ferrari’s first points of the year.

Jenson Button had strong doubts over his chances in the Bahrain Grand Prix, especially after qualifying fourth on the grid in qualifying. Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock were the men to steal the show on Saturday by taking Toyota’s first ever front row lockout, with Sebastian Vettel’s heavier fuelled Red Bull lining up third. Temperatures soared to 38°C (100°F) at the start of the race, as weather conditions couldn’t have been any different to those in China last weekend. (more…)

Shanghai GP Race Result

Great win for Sebastian Vettel, 2nd career win and Red Bull’s first 1 – 2 finish. It was a truly magical race for Vettel as he led from start to finish with Jenson Button of Brawn GP hardly posing much of a competition in this wet wet race.
Button came in 3rd while Barrichello came in 4th. Ferrari again failed to pose any points in their worst start since 1992. The last time they failed to score any points in the first 3 races was in 1996 (Canada/France/Britain).

Massa came closed but his car yet again failed on him while Kimi could only manage 10th position when the chequered flag was waved. Lewis Hamilton came in 6th behind his team mate Kovalainen in 5th.

Adrian Sutil of Force India nearly pose an upset by keeping himself in the points until the last few laps when a mistake slammed him against the tire wall and dashing Force India’s hope of scoring a point in the Shanghai GP. To date, Only Force India and Ferrari has yet to score any points after the 3 races. (more…)

Malaysian GP Race Result

A rain soaked race that saw Jenson Button winning the Malaysian GP after the race was Red Flagged. The race was halted after 33 laps and with the 2 hour time limit draw closer, the race could not be restarted. With the final results being taken back by a lap, Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW with Toyota’s Timo Glock third.

Button’s second win from two races this year confirms a 100% wins to starts ratio for the new Brawn GP team; starting from pole position, the Englishman found himself fourth after the first corners as he swapped positions with Nico Rosberg, as the German’s Williams launched off the grid to slide down the inside of Turn 1. Fernando Alonso also made a good start by leapfrogging from ninth to the third on the grid.

With rain having threatened all weeked, Räikkönen and Ferrari were the first to jump by fitting the car with extreme wet tyres when needing to pit for fuel; with no drops falling for a number of laps, the Finn soon plummeted from fifth to fifteenth. By the time the rain did come, the 2007 champion was already one and a half minutes behind the leaders, with his tyres destroyed. (more…)

Malaysian GP Qualifying Result

With a later start compared to previous years, the rain didn’t show itself as the Qualifying session kicked off. A Qualifying full of drama as Button takes Pole again after Melbourne. Joining him on the front row is Toyota’s Jarno Trulli. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello were third and fourth, but grid penalties for both mean Toyota’s Timo Glock and Williams’ Nico Rosberg will form row two.Ferrari’s Raikkonen could only land himself in the 9th position while Massa qualifying in 16th. McLaren was 13th and 14th respectively after the controversial Melbourne GP still haunting them.

Button is looking set to show that the win at Melbourne is no fluke while Ferrari and McLaren will be looking to reclaim the throne that Brawn GP so comfortably control this season. Will the April 14th hearing regarding the diffuser affect how the 3 teams running the controversial diffuser perform? It’s all to watch for tomorrow. The Full result of the Qualifying is as follow… (more…)

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. (more…)