Melbourne Australia Formula 1 Brawn Button & Barichello

Melbourne Australia Formula 1 Brawn Button & Barichello

Yes the 3 B´s against all odds pulled it off in Australia this afternoon.

Brawn GP (previously Honda) during the winter thought at any time that they would have to join the Credit crisis and shut their doors. I believe that Ross Brawn purchased the company for one pound sterling (($1.40).

Niko Rosberg has set the fastest practice this morning making it 3 fastest practices in a row. This afternoon it was Jenson Button and Rubens Barichello (remember him being ordered by Ferrari in an Austrian GP to pull over and let Michael Schumacher win?) fighting
it out until the last minute as to who would take the honours for pole. In the end it was the Brit from the Brazilian. It was only several days ago that Rubens knew that he had a drive for 2009

Richard Branson climbed on board the new team as a Sponsor with his VIRGIN brand name for Brawn GP

Why not check out the other drivers times at http://racingdriver.oilpatch.com/australiangp2009.html

Where did Lewis Hamilton come? 15th

Melbourne Australia Formula 1 practice

Surprise - look who is heading the tables today!

Practice 2 (Friday Afternoon)

Pos		No		Driver		Team		Time/Retired		Gap		Laps
1		16		Nico Rosberg		Williams-Toyota		1:26.053				36
2		23		Rubens Barrichello		Brawn-Mercedes		1:26.157		0.104		38
3		9		Jarno Trulli		Toyota		1:26.350		0.297		42
4		14		Mark Webber		RBR-Renault		1:26.370		0.317		30
5		22		Jenson Button		Brawn-Mercedes		1:26.374		0.321		38
6		10		Timo Glock		Toyota		1:26.443		0.390		42
7		17		Kazuki Nakajima		Williams-Toyota		1:26.560		0.507		33
8		15		Sebastian Vettel		RBR-Renault		1:26.740		0.687		19
9		20		Adrian Sutil		Force India-Mercedes		1:27.040		0.987		29
10		3		Felipe Massa		Ferrari		1:27.064		1.011		35
11		4		Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari		1:27.204		1.151		32
12		7		Fernando Alonso		Renault		1:27.232		1.179		28
13		21		Giancarlo Fisichella		Force India-Mercedes		1:27.282		1.229		32
14		6		Nick Heidfeld		BMW Sauber		1:27.317		1.264		34
15		5		Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber		1:27.398		1.345		36
16		11		Sebastien Bourdais		STR-Ferrari		1:27.479		1.426		36
17		2		Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes		1:27.802		1.749		35
18		1		Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes		1:27.813		1.760		31
19		8		Nelsinho Piquet		Renault		1:27.828		1.775		35
20		12		Sebastien Buemi		STR-Ferrari		1:28.076		2.023		33

Practice 1 (Friday Morning)

Pos		No		Driver		Team		Time/Retired		Gap		Laps
1		16		Nico Rosberg		Williams-Toyota		1:26.687				19
2		17		Kazuki Nakajima		Williams-Toyota		1:26.736		0.049		21
3		4		Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari		1:26.750		0.063		24
4		23		Rubens Barrichello		Brawn-Mercedes		1:27.226		0.539		21
5		2		Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes		1:27.453		0.766		15
6		22		Jenson Button		Brawn-Mercedes		1:27.467		0.780		12
7		3		Felipe Massa		Ferrari		1:27.642		0.955		24
8		10		Timo Glock		Toyota		1:27.710		1.023		24
9		20		Adrian Sutil		Force India-Mercedes		1:27.993		1.306		20
10		7		Fernando Alonso		Renault		1:28.123		1.436		16
11		6		Nick Heidfeld		BMW Sauber		1:28.137		1.450		20
12		9		Jarno Trulli		Toyota		1:28.142		1.455		21
13		5		Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber		1:28.511		1.824		22
14		21		Giancarlo Fisichella		Force India-Mercedes		1:28.603		1.916		16
15		12		Sebastien Buemi		STR-Ferrari		1:28.785		2.098		27
16		1		Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes		1:29.042		2.355		18
17		14		Mark Webber		RBR-Renault		1:29.081		2.394		7
18		8		Nelsinho Piquet		Renault		1:29.461		2.774		25
19		11		Sebastien Bourdais		STR-Ferrari		1:29.499		2.812		21
20		15		Sebastian Vettel		RBR-Renault		1:32.784		6.097		4

Pre race comment - no commet - a bit controversial!

A date has been set for the FIA International Court of Appeal hearing over the diffusers on the Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams cars. It will take place in Paris on April 14 in the week prior to round three of the championship, the Chinese Grand Prix.

Stewards passed the cars of all three teams in Melbourne on Thursday, prompting protests from rivals, who believe their diffusers may be illegal. Those protests were rejected, a decision that was subsequently appealed by Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Renault.

This means that these 3 teams could loose any points scored this weekend and the next GP if Ferrari, Red Bull and Renault are successful with their appeal

What is your opinion? Why not leave a comment about it?

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Pension funds to sue RBS for losses & who is looking after the retail insvestors who were mislead in the £12bn rights issue

Pension funds to sue RBS for losses & who is looking after the retail insvestors who were mislead in the £12bn rights issue

that Sir Fred Goodwin put his name to Mr Brown?

American investors also have a class action against the bank