Button Surprise!

With the last test imminent Jenson Button slammed home an impressive fastest time at the Barcelona test on day 3. After doing a full race weekend simulation without a hitch and posting a time which would of seen him comfortably on pole for last years race.

Jenson had this to say "It's been another great day and a very positive test generally. It's so good to have achieved a full day's running, including a race distance, without any issues and it's fantastic that we clocked up so much mileage. After the challenges we have faced, to come here and get off to such an encouraging start is just what we all needed and I can't thank the team enough. All that effort has really paid off and everyone can feel very proud."

Whatever fuel load Jenson was running it is very impressive to be faster than anyone else by a whole second. It would appear that the Brawn will have the pace to be more than an also run at the back of the field. Reliability of the Brawn also seems excellent to with no faults whatsoever with the team running over 100 laps these past three days. The Mercede's engine seems to be doing the job faultlessly. Look out for Jenson Button beng the surprise of the year.

Almost as surprising is the continued lack of form for the McLaren team. Yet again languishing at the bottom of the time sheets - What is going on? I can't believe that McLaren are really struggling that much but that is what appears to be happening. They have only just started testing their 2009 aero package which the team seems to be struggling with. Coupled with the fact Lewis Hamilton spun off in testing and lost valuable testing time. With the introduction of no testing through the season this could all prove critical.


Unofficial Wednesday times from Barcelona:

01. Jenson Button, Brawn BGP 001, 1:19.127
02. Felipe Massa, Ferrari F60, 1:20.168
03. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1.09, 1:20.217
04. Timo Glock, Toyota TF109, 1:20.410
05. Fernando Alonso, Renault R29, 1:20.863
06. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB5, 1:21.165
07. Nico Rosberg, Williams FW31, 1:21.324
08. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India VJM02, 1:21.545
09. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso STR4, 1:21.569
10. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren MP4-24, 1:21.657