Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
Britain’s Jenson Button produced a flawless display to win the Australian Grand Prix on the Brawn team’s Formula One debut. Button left team boss Ross Brawn after leading an an astonishing one-two ahead of Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello. The 29-year-old, written off as on overpaid has-been after two dismal seasons with Honda, made it look like a walk in the park while his two closest rivals drove each other off the track in the twilight. Barrichello started and finished second but only after Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and BMW-Sauber’s Robert Kubica collided three laps from the end while second and third respectively.
GP d’Australia: doppietta del team inglese BrawnGP al suo esordio, con Button davanti a Barrichello. Grande Trulli (Toyota) terzo, Hamilton 4°. Fuori nel finale per un contatto, quando erano da podio, Vettel e Kubica. Delusione Ferrari: ritiro per Massa e Raikkonen. Il pilota Toyota è stato retrocesso per aver sorpassato con le bandiere gialle esposte Hamilton, che diventa 3°.
Tags: 29/03/2009, brawngp, button, f1, f1 09, gp australia
