Mr Jenson Button at the top of the pile for the moment - hmmm not sure about which one of the Brawn's is on Valencia trim and which one on Hungary, sounds like they could still be a bit confused (with both drivers able to top the times for a period)
Valencia - Spain - EUROPEAN Grand Prix 2009 - Race 11/17
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On the BBC1 F1 website - the little article of Rubens.
Loving the "Fun Lovin Criminals" look RB.
Loving the "Fun Lovin Criminals" look RB.
1355: With Spa and Monza almost certain to play more into Red Bull's hands rather than the Brawn GPs, you have to think this could be a crucial weekend for championship leader Jenson Button. And the Briton looks to be in good shape, too, topping the charts at 1:40.911, with team-mate Rubens Barrichello close behind. A Brawn one-two in that order come Sunday could be all they need to place one hand on the drivers' championship?
Talk about over exaggerating - its far too close for that even if this weekends results end up like that (which I really hope they do)
edit - Alonso just went faster than the Brawn's
Talk about over exaggerating - its far too close for that even if this weekends results end up like that (which I really hope they do)
edit - Alonso just went faster than the Brawn's
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lol!
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Red Bulls looking quite slow in practice.
Hopefully they aren't that far off the pace come tomorrow!
Hopefully they aren't that far off the pace come tomorrow!
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Bloody Hell Alonso. Great lap!
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did anyone see the bmw getting a lift from alonso and schumacher haveing a good chuckle about it
Yeh that was funny
Brawn are back
Alonso a good lap but I bet not a lot of fual, but that will get the crowds in.
And as for RBR well..make up your own mind.
Behind the scenes at McLaren with Lewis Hamilton
Watch a sneak preview as world champion Lewis Hamilton gives BBC Sport a tour of McLaren's Technology Centre in Woking and the duo revisit their gym challenge, much to Jake's distress.
Zoom in and fly around the Valencia circuit
Zoom in and fly around the Valencia street circuit which will host Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Report - Barrichello fastest in Valencia practice
BBC Sport's Sue Thearle reports as Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello tops the time charts in the first practice session at the European Grand Prix in Valencia.
Watch a sneak preview as world champion Lewis Hamilton gives BBC Sport a tour of McLaren's Technology Centre in Woking and the duo revisit their gym challenge, much to Jake's distress.
Zoom in and fly around the Valencia circuit
Zoom in and fly around the Valencia street circuit which will host Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Report - Barrichello fastest in Valencia practice
BBC Sport's Sue Thearle reports as Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello tops the time charts in the first practice session at the European Grand Prix in Valencia.
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Alonso tops practice in Valencia
Renault's Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix while stuttering championship leaders Brawn went well.
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[TW]Fox;14724744 said:
Even if they use it as a test session with him trundling round at the back it will probably be worth having him there.
With the car running, they are at least fulfilling sponsorship duties.
He really is not up there is he. Fingers crossed he is just struggling with setup, and will pull his finger out tommorrow. Perhaps he was just taking it easy till the track is properly rubbered in?
*edit* I am almost certain though that Gene would have been quicker
He really is not up there is he. Fingers crossed he is just struggling with setup, and will pull his finger out tommorrow. Perhaps he was just taking it easy till the track is properly rubbered in?
*edit* I am almost certain though that Gene would have been quicker
To be fair he's not doing that badly - less than 1.3s off Kimi in Q2. Whether he's going to be able to pick up the pace for Quali like everyone else will is another question though. And yeah, as above, it's worth having him out there to get data, test new parts etc.[TW]Fox;14724744 said:
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I don't think that's fair. He hasn't had a chance to drive the car on track thanks to the idiotic testing rules, and, unlike the other drivers, he's been doing pretty much exclusively long stints to give him track time, that will give him a noteable time disadvantage against the qualification practice laps of the others.