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Post n°62 pubblicato il 21 Aprile 2009 da brawngpteam

Chinese GP: Rain Rain Go Away

Mr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News Add you comment

On paper the result in the Chinese Grand Prix was a good one for Brawn GP 3rd & 4th in a very wet race which could have easily ended in the barrier for any driver. Both drivers first and second in the drivers championship and the team leading the constructors championship but I would be lying if i said I wasn’t at least a little disappointed with the result.

Sebastien Vettel won the race and Mark Webber was second but they were faster than the Brawn GP cars today by some margin, true they were faster in qualifying too but they were on a light fuel load so it looked like Brawn GP would have the better race pace than the Red Bull cars. However the both JB and RB seemed to struggle in the wet conditions with them both complained of difficulty getting the tyres and breaks up to temperature. We obviously got a lot of rain in Malaysia and Jenson won there but he was so far ahead once the rain came and it was so torrential we didn’t realy get to gauge the pace of the cars in those conditions. Today however it showed that BGP001 is not at its best when running in the wet and despite Jenson threatening Webber for a short time it was inevitable that he would lose out in the end.

I did say I was a little disappointed but I am trying to look at the positives, the BGP001 is a car which had zero wet weather testing before the season and only a few laps in Malaysia so to come 3rd and 4th is pretty good damn good but after the highs of the first two races its just a little less that I had hoped for. I do however believe that we still have the best pace in the ideal dry and warm conditions and that is exactly what we are going to see in the next race in Bahrain so I am looking forward to a great result there.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	1:57:43.485	1	10
2	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	+10.9 secs	3	8
3	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	56	+44.9 secs	5	6
4	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	56	+63.7 secs	4	5
5	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+65.1 secs	12	4
6	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+71.8 secs	9	3
7	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	56	+74.4 secs	19	2
8	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	56	+76.4 secs	10	1
9	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	+84.3 secs	2
10	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	+91.7 secs	8
11	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	56	+94.1 secs	15
12	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	56	+95.8 secs	11
13	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	56	+ 106.8 secs	17
14	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	20
15	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	55	+1 Lap	7
16	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	53	+2 Laps	16
17	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	50	Accident	18
Ret	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	43	Transmission	14
Ret	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	20	Electrical	13
Ret	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	18	Accident damage	6

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Diffusers Are LEGAL say FIA Court of Appeal

Mr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Technical 3 comments

Just as we expected the FIA Court Of Appeal has found that the diffusers used by Brawn GP, Williams and Toyota are legal:

FIA Statement:
“The FIA International Court of Appeal has decided to deny the appeals submitted against decisions numbered 16 to 24 taken by the Panel of the Stewards on 26 March at the 2009 Grand Prix of Australia and counting towards the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship.

“Based on the arguments heard and evidence before it, the Court has concluded that the Stewards were correct to find that the cars in question comply with the applicable regulations.

“Full reasons for this decision will be provided in due course.”

This will mean that the teams keep their points from the first two races and will be able to continue to race for the remainder of the season with the double decker diffuser design. However this also means that the rival teams will almost certainly introduce their own double decker diffuser designs and will probably start to close the gap to the three teams in the coming races.

It will be interesting to see if any other tems are ready to use a double decker diffuser in China.

Ross Brawn had this to say:
“We are pleased with the decision reached by the International Court of Appeal today. We respect the right of our competitors to query any design or concept used on our cars through the channels available to them. The FIA Technical Department, the Stewards at the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix and now five judges at the International Court of Appeal have confirmed our belief that our cars have always strictly complied with the 2009 Technical Regulations.

“The decision of the International Court of Appeal brings this matter to its conclusion and we look forward to continuing on the track the challenge of what has been a very exciting start to the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship.”

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