The Brutal Brawns Rack A Nice 1-2 Down Under

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Brawn GP. That is the name that comes to my head straight away when I think about the 2009 Formula One Australian Grand Prix.

I woke up at the early time of 5:45am in eager anticipation of what could be something quite remarkable in terms of overtaking and some fresh results. The setting was almost perfect down under, taking into account the time setting of the Grand Prix, which took place at a local time of 5pm.

The atmosphere in the paddock and around the race track must have been sensational, as the cars were about to blast their way around the circuit in the late Australian sunshine.

Yesterday it was the same for qualifying too, some of the drivers complaining about visibility, some parts being rather tricky to deal with at times. It was a great qualifying session, I could not remember seeing so many cars close together in terms of time.

But in the end, Brawn GP's pace showed, as the two Team Mates- Button and Barrichello locked out the front row.

Vettel qualified a superb third for Red Bull, and I was hoping for him to do very well, and even win.

Kubica was in fourth and he too, could be in with a sniff of victory.

This left Rosberg in 5th for Williams, unlucky for them, as they showed great pace in all of the practice sessions throughout the whole weekend.

6th was Massa, the first of the KERS equipped cars. Then in 7th was Raikkonen.

Then to roundout the top eighth was Mark Webber, hoping for some success at his Home Grand Prix.

A mention for the current World Champion, Hamilton starting right at the back of the field. Poor qualifying in general, all the team can hope for is some solid points.

The Toyotas originally qualified P6 and P8, but were thrown out of qualifying due to their rear wings 'flexing' out side of the what the regulations state.

So, those famous five red lights counted and went out, and the 2009 season was under way. Button made a great start, looked smooth and calm. Barrichello however appeared very slow off the start line, he actually got his Anti -stall on his Brawn GP slowing him right down, he quickly resolved the problem, but he still lost seven places.

Vettel made a good start too, still had to drive defensively at the start, as the Williams of Rosberg was very close as were the Ferraris of Massa and Raikkonen. The two Ferraris very eager to steam through after gambling to start with the super soft tyre, in the hope that they could get the ground at the start using KERS and the fresh grip of the super soft tyre to leap ahead.

That turned out to be a good tactic I thought. Well It worked well for them at the start, but they began to grain after 12-13 laps, and they soon pitted.

There was a first corner incident, this was all triggered by the slow starting Rubens Barrichello of course, after his poor getaway.

Rubens was on the inside, and well,he braked for his corner, and there was no where for him to go really, and he ended up hitting Mark Webber.

Webber then hit Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber, and this sent Webber on a collision course with the unlucky Heikki Kovalainen. Kovalainen was put out of the race, and Webber was way down from the leaders after the accident.

Webber ending up pitting for a new wing, and Heidfeldalso pitted with a rear puncture.

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