The moment Jenson Button drove the first few laps in the Brawn GP he knew he possibly had the quickest car he had ever driven in Formula One, and this was confirmed today when he secured Pole Position for Brawn GP, with his team-mate Rubens Barrichello locking out the front row. However, it looks like Button is two laps lighter than Barrichello, which should be entertaining to see see how it pans out tomorrow. Brawn GP look like they will be in a race of their own, as they seem to be heavier than all the cars behind them.
Williams' Nico Rosberg has been might impressive the whole weekend, fastest in all 3 practice sessions, but could not match that pace in Q3 and will start from 5th position. Vettel was impressive in 3rd with Kubica 4th.
The 'Big Guns' failed to impress (apart from Kubica) with Ferrari the highest placed of them all, starting from 6th and 8th. Alonso made a costly error which will force him to start from the sixth row of the grid. But the talking point of the weekend was the continued lack of pace from the McLarens. Even though both cars scraped through to Q2, Hamilton was forced to retire before he could even do a lap, and will start from the back of the grid. This was due to a gearbox failure, which Hamilton caused when he slammed the kerbs on his flying lap. Am sure McLaren and especially Hamilton are not used to starting in this position, but it will be interesting as he will try everything possible to get ahead in the race.
Controversies have been plenty this weekend, and the stewards were thrusted straight into it again when the Toyota cars were found guilty of Article 3.15 of the 2009 Formula One Technical Regulations as the upper parts of their rear wings were deemd to have extreme flexibility. Hence, Glock and Trulli will be joining Hamilton at the back of the grid.
Albert Park is famous for first corner incidents so this race is sure to be a thriller. All in all, this season promises to be one of the most unpredictable ones ever and it starts tomorrow. I for one cannot wait for the lights to go green tomorrow morning, so lets go racingggg!!!
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