Brawn GP Season Review Part Seven: The Italian Job and Boring Singapore

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Published: January 2, 2010

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A true mix here. Italy was a great result for Brawn GP, whilst Singapore was dull, dull, dull. Still, it was yet another strong, but lucky performance for the one season super team.

Italy 2009


Saturday Qualifying

Both Brawns were strong throughout the first session with Jenson in P3 and Rubens, P4. Things only got better in the second session when Jenson sailed through in P1, followed by Rubens in P3. After all the woes of Belgium, the Brawn team was back to its glory days! Jenson even drove well enough to keep a set of Super soft tires.

In the third session Brawn went for strategy rather than headlines. Both drivers were slower and Hamilton looked like a shoe-in for pole anyway; so it looked as if a one-stopper was on the cards.

Jenson finished a reasonable P6 and Rubens, P5. Crucially for the lads, both Red Bulls were behind in P9 and P10. All in all, not a headline grabber, but exactly what the doctor ordered for that Sunday!


Sunday Race

Rubens got off to a fantastic start and darted into the middle of the pack. Jenson, too, had a great start and went a bit wide before beginning a fight with the slow moving and lairy-looking Kovalainen.

Jenson did the business and put a beautiful and crucial manoeuvre over on Kovalainen. Amongst the first lap chaos, Raikkonen had a brilliant start to get up to second place, Liuzi took Kovalainen, Webber crashed out, Vettel slipped down the pack, and all I could write on my note pad was ‘wow’. However, the important information was that Rubens was now in fourth and Jenson was sixth.

As the first few laps developed, Hamilton was blitzing 'round the track doing all he could to eke out a crucial gap as he was on a two-stopper. Jens initially moved in on Rubens but a few scruffy laps pushed the Brit back a bit. Meanwhile Rubens had found his zone and was keeping the gap between him and Hamilton minim...
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