2009 Australia GP Race Result

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	22	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	58	1:34:15.784	1	10
2	23	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	58	+0.8 secs	2	8
3	9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	58	+1.6 secs	20	6
4	10	Timo Glock	Toyota	58	+4.4 secs	19	5
5	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	58	+4.8 secs	10	4
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	58	+5.7 secs	5	3
7	12	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	58	+6.0 secs	13	2
8	11	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	58	+6.2 secs	17	1
9	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	58	+6.3 secs	16
10	6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	58	+7.0 secs	9
11	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Mercedes	58	+7.3 secs	15
13	14	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	57	+1 Lap	8
14	15	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	Accident	3
15	5	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	55	Accident	4
16	4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	55	Differential	7
Ret	3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	45	Suspension	6
Ret	8	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	24	Spin	14
Ret	17	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	17	Accident	11
Ret	2	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	0	Accident damage	12
DSQ	1	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+2.9 secs (DQ)	18

Hamilton finished fourth, was promoted to third after Trulli was penalised for passing him under the safety car, but was ultimately disqualified after stewards decided he and McLaren had provided 'misleading' evidence relating to the incident.

BRAWN ONE TWO – Australian GP

Jenson Button is the driver of the day no doubt about it.  Thanks to the the Sebastian Vettel And Robert Kubica, Ruben Barichello took the second step of the podium.  Another driver benefit from the stunt was Lewis Hamilton Jarno Trulli, the final driver to complete the podium.

What a dramatic event in Albert’s Park.  The race was sort of completed under the safety car (the safety car put off its light on the final corner), but do not forget the first appearance of Brawn GP!

Big smile on Ross Brawn and Richard Branson face!

Do not forget Sebastian Vettel, he did a fantastic job as well until the last 3 laps of the race.  Clumsy, the only word can be used to describe his move to defends his second position from Robert Kubica.

I was still watching the television while I blogging this post.  Trulli was talking to Ross Brawn, Jenson Button and Ruben Barichello.  I am very happy with you guys, and Barichello was delighted screaming “ONE TWO?!” to Ross Brawn.  Brawn just cool, smiling to both of the driver.

First Debut One two after year 1954! Same engine manufacturer! Amazing!

2 British, 1 Brazilian, Bridgestone tyres, a group of Brilliant team member and a Brawn team… That’s how you spell BRAWN!

Go-ahead – Taller diffuser

 

Albert Park stewards have rejected the protest against the diffusers on the Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams machine.  These three teams race car design will remain unchanged and will be free to compete in this weekend.

 

Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull have confirmed that they will now take the matter to the FIA Court of Appeal, which cannot convene until next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix has been run. Thus the outcome of the opening two races could be in doubt.

 

This is how F1 works, if you can’t beat them on track try off-track…

Night Race, night race, night race

Malaysia is getting ready for night race that Bernie Ecclestone always pushing for it. Due to the larger market in European countries, and the different time zone, hosting a race in Asia makes the revenue slightly not so lucrative compare to races in other Europe countries. That's the whole story behind this night racing thingy that trouble country like Australia, which face the similar problem.

From my understanding, Australia is against the night racing idea, simply because it is not viable. Why? Because even without the night race, Melbourne GP currently is at a loss, millions per year. To held a night race in Albert's park, heavy investment will be needed, that will burn another big hole in the pocket.

Why Bernie Ecclestone is so firm on the decision, he even treaten Australia, saying that Australia F1 will be removed from next year calendar if they do not agree to the night racing concept. Because there are other countries dying to hold a F1 GP in their country. If Australia is not interested, he has plenty of other choices.

The bottom line is, he want to make as much money as he could by pressing country like Malaysia and Australia to invest in night racing, on the other hand, larger market group enjoy it, he is happy, the organiser? Not so happy.

Night race could be fun, I totally agree with it, but what about the organiser? What they going to do with the state-of-the-art flood lights? How many night racing events like F1 can be held in a year? Who is going to bear the cost? Not Bernie definitely...

No one knows what will happen during the night race, as this is something new, on one has done it before. How well will the driver adapt to this night race, how they deal with the lights, glares, shadows.. All remain to be seen.

"I want to keep racing alive in this part of the world and the only way we can do that is to have races at night." The F1 supremo said. To me that's a nice way to say it. You can put it in a nastier way:

"I want to make sure I can make lots of money, I don't care how much are you going to invest on your track. If you are not cooperative, I will remove you from F1 calendar. The only choice is LISTEN to me, I WANT NIGHT RACE!"

This is my personal opinion, to host or not to host a night race, they must make a wise decision. I totally understand what Australia trying to do. For Malaysia, I do not know what will be the outcome. But if I am the decision maker, I probably will against the idea as well.