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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    Bill,youve played your cards and what you got...a pair­ of fives....
    not good enough..
    youve been trumped with­ sixes for now....
    but watch out for the aces.....
    the­ ace of spades...!

    From e=mc squared, on Tue 10 Mar 12:29PM

  2. No 616 he can never do that but you never know one of­ these days he might grow up and realise how stupid he­ looks to everyone.
    COTTV

    From B Mackenzie, on Tue 10 Mar 12:21PM
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    Sorry,Bill,but you where certainly bent over­ yesterday.
    A minor celebrity,in fact..
    but it wasnt­ right,your whole motivation for doing it.

    From e=mc squared, on Tue 10 Mar 11:52AM

  4. great to see jenson back lets just hope that this year­ he can be a little more competative and get back to­ where he belongs at least towards the front of the grid

    From mjeffery123, on Tue 10 Mar 11:47AM
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    Touron,we got shagged,bagged and scragged yesterday,me­ an the Bill,
    but we sure deserved it.

    From e=mc squared, on Tue 10 Mar 11:43AM

  6. Morning Touron :-)

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 10:06AM

  7. Touronroute:Like i said you can­ copy­ a name and a­­ picture, you can't however copy­ a­ person's­­ intelligence and writing style and natural ability!

    From , on Tue 10 Mar 8:40AM

  8. ournige, the best suggestion I've heard so far,­ although it won't be recognised much outside the UK­ is BRAINS bitter (beer), it's a welsh brewery.­ Can''t take credit for it, someone else thought­ it up.

    From Mike, on Tue 10 Mar 8:03AM

  9. forza ferrari. what worries me is the financial­ impetus that's required from day one of the season.­ where does Brawn GP stand? is it more financially­ buoyant than say Super Aguri was? Brawn rocks of that­ there's no doubt but it takes more than one man to­ float an entire team both financialy, logisticaly and­ strategicaly. what i'm saying is is that it­ appeared to me that last season he appeared to play a­ part in every role in Honda. it's a mighty step­ surely for someone even of Brawns stature

    From Shelby Mustang, on Tue 10 Mar 6:52AM

  10. Brawn/Braun the razor company would be a great match. ­ "Shave Jensons Stubble" contests to raise­ funds...just thinking out loud, sorry.

    From ournige, on Tue 10 Mar 1:39AM

  11. Further to my post below (337), there is some­ speculation that bwin may be in the running as a­ sponsor. The black and yellow colours on the Brawn are­ fanning the speculative flames. It's worth noting­ though that the yellows used on the brands are very­ different. So, either there is no connection or­ it's a deliberate move to avoid an obvious­ connection... but I don't buy that one. Or.. the­ rumour could have some truth to it and the­ 'similar' colour scheme may be just a­ coincidence. Lost the will to live yet?

    From Biffo, on Tue 10 Mar 1:38AM

  12. its great to see jenson back,lets hope the luck keeps­ going for him and brawn gp , they deserve it !

    From Sam, on Tue 10 Mar 1:09AM

  13. Hi Bill, no idea. 316 (john) has suggested Virgin.­ Could be a possibility. Also, a Mercedes or Emirates­ connection springs to mind but I don't know­ anything about that area so it's pure, ignorant­ speculation (before anyone confirms that for me – the­ ignorant bit I mean!).

    I did comment earlier (monday­ pm) that I thought Brawn may be less suitable for world­ consumer brands at the moment than perhaps a more­ 'technical business' type sponsor. The only­ reason I say that is that the Ross Brawn reputation­ lends itself to a valuable partnership in that­ direction. We may see a comparatively low key, hi-tech­ niche brand get involved. Who knows, I'm probably­ way off and it will turn out to be McDonald's.

    From Biffo, on Tue 10 Mar 12:44AM

  14. Thats the downfall of the impersonators. You can copy­ a name and a picture, you can't however copy a­ person's intelligence and writing style. This is­ why they are so easily spotted, and why everyone knew I­ was ginger_gitt without me having to tell them.
    .
    I­ don't know if you noticed Forza, but apparently­ there are people who diagree with me that it'll be­ a good thing when the season starts and we can have­ some real F1 news to discuss. And no one out there­ will admit to being on here just to cause trouble. ­ Isn't that strange?

    From SixOneSix, on Mon 9 Mar 11:00PM

  15. So long as I am not Marnio... :-)
    Ginger, I think that­ we should be able to tell who's who. I am sure that­ you know my style, and I definitely know yours.

    From Forza Ferrari, on Mon 9 Mar 10:40PM

  16. Are any of us the real us anymore? IDs have been­ changed and stolen so many times, who knows, I might­ just be you Forza and you could be MikeQ.

    From SixOneSix, on Mon 9 Mar 10:34PM

  17. I know. All this stuff is really confusing. I was­ starting to doubt whether I was the real Forza !!

    From Forza Ferrari, on Mon 9 Mar 10:22PM

  18. Hopefully we've only gotta put up with this­ childish 5hit of people hiding posts and copying IDs­ for a couple more weeks. Once the season finally gets­ underway we can only hope people stop pi55ing about on­ here and commenting seriously.

    From SixOneSix, on Mon 9 Mar 10:11PM

  19. Don't give up guys. Hopefully, when the real races­ begin, there will be enough true Formula One fans here­ to shut them all up. Until then, we are made to­ suffer.
    Back to this article, I think that the test­ times this week will be more meaningful than those of­ the other tests. It's really good to see Brawn GP­ getting off to a great start.

    From Forza Ferrari, on Mon 9 Mar 10:06PM
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    Netzer,
    sorry youve had a bad experience here.
    But i­ think people are realisng who is screwing up this­ site.
    Good Luck.
    Thumbs down,originally Mikeqs liitle­ baby,
    turned into a monster within a day.

    From teatotaller, on Mon 9 Mar 10:00PM
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