Brawn GP - Post Barcelona Podcast

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Post Barcelona Podcast

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Brawn GP - Barcelona Race Win

Another race and another BGP lockout, A fantastic BGP result and another congratulations in order for Jenson! I have to say a heartfelt commiserations to Rubens I thought he had enough once he got past Vettel and Jenson at the start but he just couldn't pull out enough of a lead although he did some scorching laps. Congrats to Webber for making it onto the podium once more. Ferrari yet again having problems with first Kimi's car and then secondly with Filipe struggling to use his fuel load correctly.

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Brawn GP - Qualifying - Barcelona

Yet another nail biting qualifying session for Brawn GP. Rubens set the early pace in Q3 leaving everyone a tough challenge to beat. Vettel managed to pip Rubens time and that left only Jenson the chance to post a quicker time, not before making my nails even shorter only managing to get another lap in crossing the line with mere seconds to run.

Pos  Driver       Q1        Q2        Q3
 1.  Button       1:20.707  1:20.192  1:20.527
 2.  Vettel       1:20.715  1:20.220  1:20.660
 3.  Barrichello  1:20.808  1:19.954  1:20.762
 4.  Massa        1:20.484  1:20.149  1:20.934
 5.  Webber       1:20.689  1:20.007  1:21.049
 6.  Glock        1:20.877  1:20.107  1:21.247
 7.  Trulli       1:21.189  1:20.420  1:21.254
 8.  Alonso       1:21.186  1:20.509  1:21.392
 9.  Rosberg      1:20.745  1:20.256  1:22.558
10.  Kubica       1:20.931  1:20.408  1:22.685
11.  Nakajima     1:20.818  1:20.531
12.  Piquet       1:21.128  1:20.604
13.  Heidfeld     1:21.095  1:20.676
14.  Hamilton     1:20.991  1:20.805
15.  Buemi        1:21.033  1:21.067
16.  Raikkonen    1:21.291
17.  Bourdais     1:21.300
18.  Kovalainen   1:21.675
19.  Sutil        1:21.742
20.  Fisichella   1:22.204

Jenson had this to say during the post qually interview:

"It could have gone very, very wrong," said Button. "We timed it quite well but I had Kubica who I thought was on an out lap and I had to let him past.

"The guys said you had four seconds less than a proper lap time to get across the line in time. I got across the line just with a couple of seconds to spare - it was more luck than judgement.

"It was the best lap of my weekend. I had been having some trouble with this guy low fuel but I got the lap on the high fuel.

"I am very happy and it is a bit of a surprise in a way, when I heard Shov's voice on the radio it felt pretty good."

As soon as the race weights are declared I will upload them for you. Also in the post qualifying press conference Rubens was wearing a baseball cap with Duracell on the front. Maybe another sponsorship tie in on the cards.

I've also added some more pictures to the photo gallery for Barcelona: Barcelona Gallery Post

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Brawn GP - Barcelona Free Practice 3

A steady session for Brawn mainly run on the prime tyre (hard) giving some good times in return. Letterly the switch was made to the option tyre (soft) to gain a few more tenths. Ferrari came to the fore with a P1 and 2 whilst Brawn took 3rd and 4th with Jenson and Rubens respectively.

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Pos  Driver       Time               Laps
 1.  Massa        1:20.553           18
 2.  Raikkonen    1:20.635  + 0.082  22
 3.  Button       1:21.050  + 0.497  19
 4.  Barrichello  1:21.163  + 0.610  17
 5.  Kubica       1:21.239  + 0.686  21
 6.  Trulli       1:21.256  + 0.703  23
 7.  Hamilton     1:21.346  + 0.793  16
 8.  Glock        1:21.377  + 0.824  26
 9.  Buemi        1:21.424  + 0.871  19
10.  Alonso       1:21.499  + 0.946  17
11.  Kovalainen   1:21.519  + 0.966  15
12.  Rosberg      1:21.594  + 1.041  20
13.  Webber       1:21.629  + 1.076  19
14.  Bourdais     1:21.649  + 1.096  19
15.  Piquet       1:21.685  + 1.132  18
16.  Vettel       1:21.689  + 1.136  18
17.  Fisichella   1:21.909  + 1.356  19
18.  Nakajima     1:22.043  + 1.490  19
19.  Sutil        1:22.232  + 1.679  19
20.  Heidfeld     1:23.457  + 2.904  8

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Brawn GP - Barcelona Photo Gallery

A few pictures from Barcelona for you perusal:



Images from the following sources (Images from Sutton can also be purchased from their website)
www.autosport.com
http://f1.gpupdate.net
http://www.sutton-images.com/
www.motorsport-total.com

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Brawn GP - Pictures from Barcelona

Just to wet your appetite for this weekend a few pictures i've just found on http://www.f1.gpupdate.net/

ENGINE COVER (FROM THIS PICTURE THE COVER LOOKS ASYMETRICAL)

REAR WING - TERMINATOR SALVATION LIVERY

So what do these pictures tell us? Well I think we are still holding some cards close to our chest as from other pictures I have seen we have the old engine covers in place on the chassis. Whether Sir Richard has sold the advertising space he has to the Film studio or whether this is additional sponsorship I await to see. I previously posted some pictures of a front wing arrangement that I now feel may be incorrect until I have clarification I have taken them down.

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