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Raikkonen Bins It As Button Shines
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9:48 am
March 29, 2009


jemela

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Australian GP 2009 - Race Report
Jenson Button wins the first race in Brawn GP’s history, which is the Brits second of his F1 career. His team mate Rubens managed to finish second after a much more eventful race, which saw him have contact with many cars during the GP including Kimi Raikkonen. Kimi sadly appeared to throw away a chance for solid points or even a podium today as he and Ferrari ended the day scoring no points with both Ferrari’s retiring before the end of the race.
Vettel & Kubica’s great race also ended in tears with both drivers taking each other off  fighting over second with just 3 laps to go. Lewis lucked in with a 4th place - which may still improve to a podium as McLaren contest Trulli’s position. All in all a weekend to forget as a Kimi fan but congratulations to Jenson for a much deserved victory. More to follow later…
Provisional Results*
01 J. Button Brawn GP 1:34:15.784
02 R. Barrichello Brawn GP + 0.807
03 J. Trulli Toyota + 1.604
04 L. Hamilton McLaren + 2.914
05 T. Glock Toyota + 4.435
06 F. Alonso Renault + 4.879
07 N. Rosberg Williams + 5.722
08 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 6.004
09 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 6.298
10 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 6.335
11 N. Heidfeld BMW + 7.085
12 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 7.374
13 M. Webber Red Bull + 1 laps
Did not finish
14 S. Vettel Red Bull + 2 laps
15 R. Kubica BMW + 3 laps
16 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 3 laps
17 F. Massa Ferrari + 12 laps
18 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 34 laps
19 K. Nakajima Williams + 41 laps
20 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 55 laps
* Incidents involving Vettel & Kubica and Trulli & Lewis are to be investigated by the stewards

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10:42 am
March 29, 2009


cazzy4kimicozheizfit

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Just a massive big :( from me

11:07 am
March 29, 2009


Kati

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What a first race for Brawn GP! They did a brilliant job (except Rubens, I’m still crossed with him) and it was great to see a completely different top three :) Shame about Kimi and Ferrari, it definitely wasn’t their weekend. Fingers crossed they can sort out all the problems and have a better weekend in Malaysia!

12:25 pm
March 29, 2009


Ree

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Cool Nice one, Brawn GP! Finally, British fans remembered ol’ Jenson.

And Rubens was good too, sans the NASCAR move on Kimi.

I hate the fact that Kimi has no score this weekend. I hae the fact that he has the yellow thing on top of his car again. I hate the fact that Lewis got some major points after he started off badly (I swear he and Lady Luck, are like, that close).

Most of al, I hate the fact that Ferrari seems to have reliability issues this early on, and that Kimi seems to have just ruined the race on his own. (Can someone explain that spin?)

Here’s to Malaysia!

2:26 pm
March 29, 2009


kimi_the_icesnail

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Well that was rubbish! :P
Nah, it was a very exciting start to the season - great to see Brawn GP have the race pace too, and good to see Rubens and Jenson on the podium ;) Not so sure what’s happening with Trulli though, apparently it seemed like Hamilton had a problem and that’s why he passed him - didn’t really see it but it seems Lewis hasn’t ran out of luck yet :roll:

Not a good start for Ferrari :( What was wrong with Massa’s car? Not liking these reliability issues already :( and it seems if there’s a wall, Kimi will hit it! :P real shame cos he could have been on the podium :( not really sure what caused that spin though… :( At least they showed some good race pace before it all went wrong!

3:48 pm
March 29, 2009


cazzy4kimicozheizfit

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apparently toyota are appealing the decision ;)

5:04 pm
March 29, 2009


missiepetrolhead

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Grrrr! Kimi threw away a podium with less than ten laps to go!Embarassed

And what is jammy Lewis doing in forth place after such a rotten start? That boy has all the luck!

But it was a really interesting race, and a great start to the season. Much more fun than the old redwash Schumi parades we used to have to watch. And I’m pleased to see the return of Brawn, I’ve missed him and his bananas! Not to mention the return of ‘the chain’ and NO ADVERTS during coverage now we’re back with the beeb. Yippee!!

Better luck next time, KimsterKiss

3:42 am
March 30, 2009


yinfei

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About hitting wall, Kimi have admitted that is his fault.

Let’s hope Kimi will bring podium at Sepang, Malaysia.

2:53 pm
March 30, 2009


jemela

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I’ve finished by review at last - http://www.gokimi.com/2009/03/…..ce-review/

I know its hard work after such a depressing race for Kimi but if anyone else is interested in writing a review or a preview for Malaysia please let me know ;)

1:37 am
March 31, 2009


kendall

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great review jemela! i agree totally on all of your main points. well said and keep up the good work!

i’m not completely sure on my oz gp verdict. with the big twist on rules and regs this year i don’t think any of us will have a true grasp on it for a handfull more grand prix.

hats off to ross, jense, rubens, and the entire brawn gp team for their hard work and accomplishments of round one. it was a deserved victory for button and his team, and although it may not have appeared it i thought rubens fully deserved P2.

there’s no doubt that brawn gp had the best car but i don’t think they were light years ahead of everyone either. the brawn car did look a bit mortal, and bmw, red bull and williams seem poised for the chase.

as gutted as i was to see ferrari score no points, i don’t think tifosi should be chewing off all of their finger nails. kimi’s spin was awkward, and felipe is rarely good in albert park. i’m no chief engineer, but from my very outside perspective i don’t think ferrari should have ran KERS for oz. awfully big risk for a team that’s not any further behind (if not quicker already) than its “big team” rivals, and especially for a team that has had it’s share of technical hiccups and mechanical indigestion.

i’m not trying to take anything away from the accomplishments of the brawn squad, nor am i trying to take away from the intrigue of the new season. i do know, however, that had it not been for the drastic rules and regulations changes this wouldn’t be happening. let’s not forget this is formula 1. the top teams will figure all of this stuff out, and it will prove to end up being a multiple driver fight until the end.

i do hope the brawn team can stay competitive and fight for the title. i think the three big names that come to mind (Jenson, Rubens, and Ross) all equally deserve that. i don’t want them to run away with it because it would in fact take away from their accomplishments and give the general public more of a reason to poke fun at the sport.

there are so many teams that need to do well, but what it comes down to is results. the biggest loss for kimi fans is that lewis pulled it together with an average car and pulled in P3. call it luck, call it whatever you want. the other big boys didn’t do it. he is without a doubt a very talented driver who put himself in that spot.

sepang is the first chance for many of drivers to reclaim that early season form and make noise. the only problem is there are going to be a lot of people vying for that top three spot next sunday. good luck kimster.

2:51 pm
March 31, 2009


jemela

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Thanks kendall - its great to have some feedback on my reports as it takes a lot to get on and write them, esp. after a race like that! ;) Thanks for your thoughts on it too - let me know if you ever fancy writing a little article for gokimi’s main site :)

4:47 am
April 1, 2009


kendall

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yeah i really like all the stories up on the main page. everything i’ve had the chance to read has been great!

i’d like to help out if i can at some point. we’ll have to talk about that. hope you got my email by the way?



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