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. Mike.
    I fear he's had enough prescription and­ non-prescription drugs already. -Clearly ripped to the­ tits.

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 1:47PM

  2. Yes and as the main topic of conversation seems to be­ my multiple personalities I'm bored so I'm off­ now, any more posts with my name are Fake. Bye for now.

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 1:46PM

  3. Just an observation, but if there are people on this­ forum who are clever enough to clone id's, you­ would think that they would be clever enough to have a­ job and not sit for hours making stupid and irrelevant­ comments on here. They obviously get up at what most­ people would call lunch time sit pondering which of­ their orifices to put food and drink into before­ continuing to exercise their right hands over web-sites­ of Citroen Saxo's with stupid tail pipes. I also­ expect they are also a pasty white colour due to being­ shut in a bedroom with only artificial light. Do us all­ a big favour and pi*ss of somewhere else.

    From scaryjohn1, on Tue 10 Mar 1:44PM

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    From SixOneSix, on Tue 10 Mar 1:40PM
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    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 1:34PM

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    From SixOneSix, on Tue 10 Mar 1:29PM

  7. Thanks goodness for that Mrs J,
    I don't know about­ that 616, he's saying some very odd things using my­ ID on one of the other threads, although I believe a­ lot of THAT has to do with how he was potty trained :-)

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 1:15PM
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    Ive got the sofwtare and the firmware.

    From bollox, on Tue 10 Mar 1:14PM

  9. Afternoon gents.
    To me this doesn't look like a­ color scheme. It looks like their waiting for­ one.
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    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 10 Mar 1:11PM

  10. Exactly,sixonesix,
    They dont look at the positives.
    Its­ always the negatives for Whacko Macco

    From e=mc squared, on Tue 10 Mar 1:07PM

  11. He is not the Messiah...he is a very naughty boy.

    From e=mc squared, on Tue 10 Mar 1:05PM

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    From m.e.jenner, on Tue 10 Mar 1:04PM

  13. Although, I am surprised, no real abuse was hurled at­ anyone, which makes a change.

    From SixOneSix, on Tue 10 Mar 1:00PM

  14. Me too 616

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 12:57PM

  15. Sadly no Ian, he pinched Bill Mac's &­ sixonesix's ID yesterday and today it's my­ turn.:-)

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 12:57PM

  16. Hey, I've been cloned now. What a surprise. Told­ you it'd be someone elses turn soon MikeQ.

    From SixOneSix, on Tue 10 Mar 12:55PM

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    COTTV

    From B Mackenzie, on Tue 10 Mar 12:51PM
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    Bill,dya member those ol' westerns were the inn­ keeper or the shopkeeper confronted the whisky boys in­ the saloon.

    From e=mc squared, on Tue 10 Mar 12:42PM

  19. Isnt there a forum editor who can delete and ban all­ the idiots on here who are just posting to piss people­ off, i come on here to find out the latest gossip,­ facts and speculation on f1, not to read the childish­ banter of a few morons !!!!! Its the typical case of­ the few ruining it for the majority !!!

    From IAN, on Tue 10 Mar 12:42PM

  20. Get Rid of Rubens

    From hanniballookalike, on Tue 10 Mar 12:29PM
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