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The 1st race of the 2009 F1 season was at the weekend and it was pretty much the perfect weekend for Brawn GP. Its an amazing story – a team which official didnt exist about a month ago. They finished in 1st and 2nd, qualified 1st and 2nd and got a “significant” sponsor deal with Virgin.

I ended up watching pretty much all weekend, waking up early in the morning. I am regreting it abit now and knackered!

Back to the F1….. qualifying was on Saturday and Brawn GP finished in position 1and 2. The Brawn GP cars were a lot faster than the other cars. It wasnt a great qualifying for McLaren who really struggled. Hamilton ended up about 18th after qualifying poorly and moving back 5 places after changing his gearbox.

In the actual race, Jenson Button was in 1st place from start to finish. Brawn GP had the fastest car but the didnt end the race miles ahead of everyone because of a couple safety car “sessions”. Lewis Hamilton ended up finishing 3rd which was very impressive. He actually didnt end up on the podium (that was Trulli in 3rd) but he was deduced 25 seconds after he overtook when the safety car was out – which isnt allowed.

A great start to the F1 season. It will be interesting to see how the season develops if they manage to keep up the pace. Jenson Button has said there is more to come. Teams like Red Bull, Williams and Toyoto showed some good pace and you can not forgot about Ferrari and McLaren. Also several of the teams have the Kers system which Brawn GP dont have so that could effect future races – maybe as soon as Malaysia which has long straights.

Personally very happy as a big fan of Button. Finally hes got a great car!

Its the start of the new F1 season this weekend and I am looking forward to this season the most in a long while. There have been a lot of new regulations so it will be interesting to see what happens with the new look cars e.g. the much smaller rear wing.

The driver line up is pretty much the same but there is the new team Brawn GP. Brawn GP were formed from the Honda F1 team – Honda pulled out a few months ago. They have only official been around a few months but have been doing brilliantly in winter testing. In fact Jenson Button was (and may still be) favourite to win the race. In practice today both Jenson and Rubens have been right up near the top of the times. It will be interesting to see what happens in qualifying in a few hours and in the actually race.

I really hope Jenson Button wins the Champions this season and at the very least is competing for races. He has taken a massive big cut so he can continue in the sport etc. He was being paid £18m but is now being paid £3m. Hes not exactly poor earning £3m but thats quite a slash in pay!

In other Brawn GP news it has been announced that Virgin will be a main sponsor of Brawn GP. Apparently the sponsors colours/livery could be on the car before the race on Sunday. If there is one thing about the Brawn GP car I am not sure about is the colour scheme. Just looked abit unfinished in white with the yellow and black “slash”. If Virgin is the main sponsor maybe it could be a nice red colour – maybe not enough time before Sunday to come up with a nice cool design but maybe for Malaysia next week.

One thing that seems certain at the moment is that McLaren are really struggling with Lewis Hamilton finishing practice in 18th out of 20th place. There is also some controversy with some types using a diffuser which a few teams saying its illegal. Brawn, Toyota and Williams are using some “special” diffuser which teams like Ferrari and Red Bull are saying should not be allowed. This means that the next couple races will be raced under appeal.