BrawnGP as predicted was magnificient thoughout the race in Bahrain.
The 1st spot deservely won by Jenson Button as the crucial moment was when he made that move to overtake Hamilton while the champion was defending with the KERS at the end of first lap.
From then on, Button was chasing down the 2 Toyotas but they were light on fuel and Button car had few laps advantage.
After everyone made their 1st pit stop, Button had made it to 1st position and he was leading the race from then on. There was not much from him except to drive consistently until the end, but was abruptly disturbed by Fisichella who was a lap down. The italian was fighting with Massa when Button was on their tail.
I have to take my hat off Ross Brawn for his ingenius tactic to convert struggling Barrichello to 5th spot. It was a master stroke to pit him 3 times and was taking advantage of the soft tyres.
The team was brimming with confidence, there's only 1 word to describe the race , brilliant!
It's so important now that we have the points to bring to Europe, because in 2 weeks time, most of the teams will have consolidated their rear diffusers and Ferrari would have improved much in that dept.
Updated on April 23, 2009
Preview to this weekend race at Bahrain International Circuit.
Weather expected to be clear and dry. Track will be sandy, and the wind will be a factor. This track is favourable to BrawnGP. Why? Because in the dry, we are almost a second faster than any team. And without the tyre temperature problem , we are going to dominate the race. As of current, we are leading in the rear diffuser dept. With the wind condition, our rear diffuser will reign supreme.
However, the sandy condition can be tricky but I expect to be at least podium finish and maintain our consistency. But, my feeling tells me that we are going to win this race. It's going to be exciting and I can't wait for this weekend.
Race on Sunday (April 26, 2009 15:00 Bahrain local time).
My prediction is 1st and 3rd position for Button and Barrichello respectively. Lets see what happen this weekend.
BrawnGP team gain 11 points with Button and Barrichello finish at 3rd and 4th respectively.
In the wet condition, they were plenty of incidents in the race, mostly involved Button and Webber for the 2nd and 3rd placing, but we were no match with them.
The red bull cars were quick in the rain and we were struggling to get heat into the tyres. Jenson was swerving left and right to get heat into the tyres.
It has been a condition since Honda where the tyres heat was an issue. We really need to solve this problem in order to be a complete package because situation when safety car is called or raining, we will have problem with the tyres.
In the end the points gain in Shanghai are important for our consistency and stretch out point tally to 36 points in the F1 constructor championship while Button and Barrichello on 21 and 15 respectively.
Next on the F1 calendar is the circuit track that has a chinese word 'Shang' means 'up', short for Shanghai the second largest city in China after Beijing.
In my opinion, this track will suit BrawnGP very well. However, depends on the rear diffuser ruling in the midweek, all that might change for a lot of teams. Hopefully, the diffuser issue will stay as it is.
If not, this will put BrawnGP into position to speed up their development on KERS.
KERS is at infancy, so far, it doesn't look good on cars as it's more heavy and it still not stabilized yet although it provide that extra 80HP for 6 second when fully charged.
Anyway, I can't wait for the next race, but I'm also keeping track with the diffuser issue in the next few days.
As predicted by the weatherman on the thunderstorm, the race was suspended and ended with 23 more laps to go. It's such an anticlimax but safety is much more important as the track was flooded.
Nevertheless, Button although was soaking wet, was elated to grab another win. Ross was not on podium (probably was too scared of the splashing champagne) replaced by Button race engineer.
There was a hilarious moment when button was passing the champagne down to the crew. The champagne was broken as the crew member was too clumsy to catch the slippery champagne.
2 thumbs up from Jenson Button.
Weather expected to be clear and dry. Track will be sandy, and the wind will be a factor. This track is favourable to 
Next on the F1 calendar is the circuit track that has a chinese word 'Shang' means 'up', short for Shanghai the second largest city in China after Beijing. 
So what the weatherman say about this weekend at Sepang? Thunderstorm in the afternoon on both Sat and Sun!