Brawn GP
Ross Brawn believes his championship-winning team can carry their form into 2010 and be the team to beat again.
Brawn won the constructors’ title in their debut season, a record, while Jenson Button took the drivers’ crown.
Brawn arose from the ashes of the former Honda team and their survival was secured less than a month before the start of the season following the Japanese giant’s decision to quit F1 last December.
But despite minimal pre-season testing, Button led team-mate Rubens Barrichello to a one-two in the first race if the season in Melbourne and won six of the first seven races to lay the foundation for his title success. BBC Sport
Vettel said last night that his objective in Abu Dhabi was to seal second place in the championship, with the Red Bull man having a narrow two-point edge over the Brawn of Rubens Barrichello.
“Generally, I am not here to finish second or third so that doesn’t change, but second is better than third so now I want to win the “vice-title” and finish second in the championship,” he said
Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber is also expected to go well, along with the McLaren-Mercedes of 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton, and the new title holder Jenson Button, who looked a rejuvenated man in the pitlane now the pressure of clinching his crown was now over. Auto Racing Daily
Pos Team Points 1 Brawn-Mercedes 161 2 RBR-Renault 135.5 3 McLaren-Mercedes71 4 Ferrari 70 5 Toyota 54.5 6 Williams-Toyota 34.5 7 BMW Sauber 32 8 Renault 26 9 Force India-Mercedes13 10 STR-Ferrari 7
