Button wins again

Brawn GP’s Jenson Button dominated the Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park Circuit today, taking the lead on the first lap and driving a superb race to bring his Brawn-Mercedes car home for his sixth victory of the 2009 Formula One season.

Jenson had a good start to maintain second position off the line and took the lead from Sebastian Vettel when the Red Bull driver ran wide at the chicane at turns nine and ten on the first lap.

From there, Jenson drove a flawless two-stop race building up a twenty second lead before taking it easy for the final few laps to take the chequered flag ahead of the two Red Bulls.

Team-mate Rubens Barrichello had a more eventful race as he suffered the team’s first retirement of the season. A poor start, caused by a problem with the clutch, dropped Rubens into the pack where he had several on-track battles fighting his way through the field.

The team retired his car on lap 47 when damage caused to the gearbox at the start began to significantly deteriorate.

Heading into the team’s home race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Brawn GP lead the Constructors’ Championship with 96 points whilst Jenson leads the Drivers’ Championship on 61 points with Rubens in second place with 35 points.

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Credits: JRC