Jenson Button Won...Get Over It

F1 is a series that's extremely capable of providing many a shocking moment. And the pace of of the Brawn GP cars has provided us with no less than three in the space of a few weeks: First by dominating testing, then by sweeping the front row, then by finishing 1-2.

And of course there are a lot of people around crying foul, complaining about everything from the diffuser being illegal despite the stewards' decision, to Button being a "third tier" driver and that the car is the only reason he won.

To all these people I have but one thing to say: SHUT THE FRAK UP.

Seriously, I've seen some stupid things spoken about the talent levels of F1 drivers, legality of cars and all that junk in the past, but this time around its just gotten pathetic. Lets take a look at why every complaint of a load of pure BS.

"The diffusers are illegal!!!" No, they're not. The stewards say they're legal, so they're legal until the FIA Court of Appeals says otherwise.

The issue is very similar to the mass damper issue with Renault a few years back, so even if the court of appeals does find them to be circumventing the rules, it's very likely they won't take away Bran GP's results. The team did things better than the others, and that's how F1 works. Get over it.

"The stewards aren't qualified to determine the legality of the diffusers!" YES THEY ARE. That's EXACTLY what their job is, so he FIA is going to make damn sure they're qualified. Of all the complaints I've heard, this was clearly the most moronic.

"Jenson Button is a crap driver who could only win because he had a good car!" Key detail here: Nobody's complained about Barrichello. Seems people hold his skill in much higher regard...

Then how come, in clearly equal equipment, did he FAIL to outrun Jenson? Even if we discount Button's previous victory on account of Alonso crashing out (even though Jenson had been running faster at the time), the fact still remains that it doesn't matter HOW good the car is, if the driver can't handle that level of performance he WILL NOT WIN.

I have personal experience to back this up, in fact. I used to run in vintage formula races, using a couple of old CART cars(a 1993 Lola-Chevrolet and later a 1999 Swift-Cosworth).

I ran 10 races, won only once(on my final race). During this time, I was often outrun by Indy Lights and Atlantic cars - vehicles with far less power and grip, but infinitely better talent driving them.

On occasion, I even saw these same vehicles outrun mid-'90s FORMULA ONE CARS. In fact, in the race I won I had a really good fight with a guy running a 1996 Tyrrell(I believe that was the year, anyway. It WAS a Tyrrell, I know that much).

The car was far beyond his ability to handle, especially under braking. He ultimately finished sixth due to its performance but he was outrun by two Atlantic cars, an Indy Lights car, and two CART cars (including me).

Some will note that if Jenson is so good he shouldn't have done so poorly since his win. That means nothing as well, because while it takes talent and skill to handle a front-running car well enough to win, a bad car is still a bad car.

If you put Michael Schumacher in the previous two Hondas, I doubt he'd do much better than Button and Barrichello, assuming the car was even CAPABLE of more than they did.

The simple fact is that Button won, and he deserves this win. He kept up with and outran a driver who is generally considered to be far more skilled and talented, and it's how a person runs compared to his teammate that speaks the loudest.

In short: BUTTON WON, GET OVER IT.

Honda must be kicking themselves over the decision to withdraw from F1 right now.