Brawn GP Racing Team

So as I would have thought the times mean all the front runners are fairly similar on fuel loads. Massa is obviously the one to watch out for in the mix with a little more fuel on board, if he can get the usual KERS run at the start combined with being able to hang onto the back of Jenson, Vettel and Rubens he may well figure strongly.

Pos  Driver       Weight (KG's) Predicted Fuel Stop
 1.  Button       646           18
 2.  Vettel       651.5         19
 3.  Barrichello  649.5         19
 4.  Massa        655           20
 5.  Webber       651.5         18
 6.  Glock        646.5         16
 7.  Trulli       655.5         20
 8.  Alonso       645           16
 9.  Rosberg      668           26
10.  Kubica       660           22
11.  Nakajima     676.6         30
12.  Piquet       677.4         30
13.  Heidfeld     676.3         29
14.  Hamilton     683           32
15.  Buemi        678           30
16.  Raikkonen    673           28
17.  Bourdais     669           26
18.  Kovalainen   657           21
19.  Sutil        675           29
20.  Fisichella   656           20

Yet another nail biting qualifying session for Brawn GP. Rubens set the early pace in Q3 leaving everyone a tough challenge to beat. Vettel managed to pip Rubens time and that left only Jenson the chance to post a quicker time, not before making my nails even shorter only managing to get another lap in crossing the line with mere seconds to run.

Pos  Driver       Q1        Q2        Q3
 1.  Button       1:20.707  1:20.192  1:20.527
 2.  Vettel       1:20.715  1:20.220  1:20.660
 3.  Barrichello  1:20.808  1:19.954  1:20.762
 4.  Massa        1:20.484  1:20.149  1:20.934
 5.  Webber       1:20.689  1:20.007  1:21.049
 6.  Glock        1:20.877  1:20.107  1:21.247
 7.  Trulli       1:21.189  1:20.420  1:21.254
 8.  Alonso       1:21.186  1:20.509  1:21.392
 9.  Rosberg      1:20.745  1:20.256  1:22.558
10.  Kubica       1:20.931  1:20.408  1:22.685
11.  Nakajima     1:20.818  1:20.531
12.  Piquet       1:21.128  1:20.604
13.  Heidfeld     1:21.095  1:20.676
14.  Hamilton     1:20.991  1:20.805
15.  Buemi        1:21.033  1:21.067
16.  Raikkonen    1:21.291
17.  Bourdais     1:21.300
18.  Kovalainen   1:21.675
19.  Sutil        1:21.742
20.  Fisichella   1:22.204

A steady session for Brawn mainly run on the prime tyre (hard) giving some good times in return. Letterly the switch was made to the option tyre (soft) to gain a few more tenths. Ferrari came to the fore with a P1 and 2 whilst Brawn took 3rd and 4th with Jenson and Rubens respectively.

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Pos  Driver       Time               Laps
 1.  Massa        1:20.553           18
 2.  Raikkonen    1:20.635  + 0.082  22
 3.  Button       1:21.050  + 0.497  19
 4.  Barrichello  1:21.163  + 0.610  17
 5.  Kubica       1:21.239  + 0.686  21
 6.  Trulli       1:21.256  + 0.703  23
 7.  Hamilton     1:21.346  + 0.793  16
 8.  Glock        1:21.377  + 0.824  26
 9.  Buemi        1:21.424  + 0.871  19
10.  Alonso       1:21.499  + 0.946  17
11.  Kovalainen   1:21.519  + 0.966  15
12.  Rosberg      1:21.594  + 1.041  20
13.  Webber       1:21.629  + 1.076  19
14.  Bourdais     1:21.649  + 1.096  19
15.  Piquet       1:21.685  + 1.132  18
16.  Vettel       1:21.689  + 1.136  18
17.  Fisichella   1:21.909  + 1.356  19
18.  Nakajima     1:22.043  + 1.490  19
19.  Sutil        1:22.232  + 1.679  19
20.  Heidfeld     1:23.457  + 2.904  8