Chinese GP: Rain Rain Go AwayMr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News Add you commentOn 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.PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPts115Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault561:57:43.485110214Mark WebberRBR-Renault56+10.9 secs38322Jenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes56+44.9 secs56423Rubens BarrichelloBrawn-Mercedes56+63.7 secs4552Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes56+65.1 secs12461Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes56+71.8 secs93710Timo GlockToyota56+74.4 secs192812Sebastien BuemiSTR-Ferrari56+76.4 secs10197Fernando AlonsoRenault56+84.3 secs2 104Kimi RäikkönenFerrari56+91.7 secs8 1111Sebastien BourdaisSTR-Ferrari56+94.1 secs15 126Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber56+95.8 secs11 135Robert KubicaBMW Sauber56+ 106.8 secs17 1421Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes55+1 Lap20 1516Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota55+1 Lap7 168Nelsinho PiquetRenault53+2 Laps16 1720Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes50Accident18 Ret17Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota43Transmission14 Ret3Felipe MassaFerrari20Electrical13 Ret9Jarno TrulliToyota18Accident damage6 ShareThisApr15Diffusers Are LEGAL say FIA Court of AppealMr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Technical 3 commentsJust 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.”ShareThisbrawn gp, diffuser, double decker diffuser, fia, toyota, williams
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Chinese GP: Rain Rain Go AwayMr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News Add you commentOn 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.PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPts115Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault561:57:43.485110214Mark WebberRBR-Renault56+10.9 secs38322Jenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes56+44.9 secs56423Rubens BarrichelloBrawn-Mercedes56+63.7 secs4552Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes56+65.1 secs12461Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes56+71.8 secs93710Timo GlockToyota56+74.4 secs192812Sebastien BuemiSTR-Ferrari56+76.4 secs10197Fernando AlonsoRenault56+84.3 secs2 104Kimi RäikkönenFerrari56+91.7 secs8 1111Sebastien BourdaisSTR-Ferrari56+94.1 secs15 126Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber56+95.8 secs11 135Robert KubicaBMW Sauber56+ 106.8 secs17 1421Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes55+1 Lap20 1516Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota55+1 Lap7 168Nelsinho PiquetRenault53+2 Laps16 1720Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes50Accident18 Ret17Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota43Transmission14 Ret3Felipe MassaFerrari20Electrical13 Ret9Jarno TrulliToyota18Accident damage6 ShareThisApr15Diffusers Are LEGAL say FIA Court of AppealMr. Raphael Moschen - Brawn GP News, Technical 3 commentsJust 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.”ShareThisbrawn gp, diffuser, double decker diffuser, fia, toyota, williams