Button impresses for Brawn in Spain

Eurosport - Tue, 10 Mar 11:10:00 2009

The new Brawn GP team enjoyed a solid first day of running after Jenson Button posted the fourth quickest time on the opening day of the four-day Formula One group test in Barcelona.

Brawn GP's driver Jenson Button takes a curve on his car during a testing session at Catalunya's racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona - 0

Following a brief shakedown of the new Mercedes-powered BGP001 at Silverstone last week, the test marked the first chance for the team to put any meaningful mileage on the car - with only seven days of testing available before the 2009 season kicks off in Melbourne at the end of the month.

With the team looking to strike a balance between improving the reliability and the performance of the car, Button worked through a programme that included set-up of the new machine while the Briton also carried out tyre evaluation work with the Bridgestone slick rubber.

Button will hand the BGP001 over to Rubens Barrichello on Tuesday to give the Brazilian his first taste of the car, with the pair set to share on-track running over the course of the week.

"It has been a good first day in the BGP001 with our new team, Brawn GP," Button said after completing more than 80 laps of the Spanish circuit. "I'd like to start by thanking everyone at the team for all the hard work that has contributed to getting us here today. We have enjoyed a positive opening day of running at our first test and achieved a total of 82 laps, which we are all very pleased with.

"We did experience a problem with the gearbox late in the day but we knew we might face some reliability issues in view of our lack of testing. Fortunately, it's a minor problem that is easily addressed. It's early days yet but generally it has been a positive start to our pre-season preparations."

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  1. totally ignorant, "eta language"!
    gilipollas

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 3:56PM

  2. I am sorta Adrian, in fact I was very young when I came­ down to Bow, so I wasn't really born a Cockney­ unless Edingburgh counts as well. I sound like a­ cockney though and not a Scott. But in fact my­ previous post would not have flowed quite as well if I­ had brought up my North of the Border (pronounced as in­ Taggart) beginnings.
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    From B Mackenzie, on Tue 10 Mar 3:45PM
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    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 3:43PM
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    Well,with a name like william mackintosh(or­ macgobshite)
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    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 3:41PM

  5. gilipollas.
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    Bigot and gilipollas­ all in one.

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 3:40PM
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    And i see you like to copy all my posts that you read­ VERY carefully,and i know ,you know ...who the real­ stupido..is

    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 3:40PM
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    Who is talking to you chitty,get back in your box,ive­ got a big mac to finish.

    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 3:37PM

  8. Sorry Bill, my mistake. I thought from your name you­ were an expat Scot living in the south east.

    From the real adrian, on Tue 10 Mar 3:30PM

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    From B Mackenzie, on Tue 10 Mar 3:29PM

  10. totalmente­ estupido is quite right I am from the east­ end of madrid or Bow as we call in it in my part of the­ world and have lived many years in both Kent and Essex­ and if that makes me Spanish then so be it.
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    Well­ totalmente­ estupido I may be Spanish but tomorrow I­ will be sober and you will be still be stupido.

    From B Mackenzie, on Tue 10 Mar 3:18PM

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    From the real adrian, on Tue 10 Mar 3:11PM
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    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 3:01PM
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    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 2:59PM

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    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 2:52PM
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    totalmente­ estupido
    COTTV

    From B Mackenzie, on Tue 10 Mar 2:14PM

  17. At exactly what point will Yahoo think of implementing­ the same software on here that they use with email­ addresses? The software that prevents two people­ choosing the same name as each other. It is­ desperately needed because this is getting ridiculous. ­ I have a fake MikeQ and a fake me trying to engage me­ in conversation on another thread.

    From SixOneSix, on Tue 10 Mar 1:53PM

  18. scaryjohn1
    Well said.

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 1:53PM

  19. Apart from this one, Thought you'd like to use this­ picture, it shows Your hero's finest hour when he­ won the WDC by crashing into the man about to beat him.­ Bye

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 1:51PM

  20. What site is it then, gilipollas?
    A playground for a­ couple of puerile idiots is what you're making it.

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 1:49PM
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