Formula 1 | seasonal f1 moan

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Saturday, 11 July 2009 ‡ 15:31

An amazing Q2 session with and without rain, constant battle on track and in pit lane. Finally, Webber must have been so relieved, securing his first ever Pole Position ahead of Barrichello, Button, team-mate Vettel. Sutil did well to qualify fourth and beating the Mclaren's and Ferrari's.

If the rain stops starts during the race tomorrow, any of the front runners have a good chance of winning the race, but a dry day will ensure the Brawn's are ahead, with the Red Bull's following closely, we wait and see!

Flying start for Hamilton, but all that effort wasted when Webber's Red Bull front wing end plate appears to have had the very small touch of the McLaren's rear tyre causing a puncture and forcing Hamilton to pit and spend the rest of the afternoon getting out of the way of the leaders.

Stewards IMO were very harsh with Webber, giving him a drive through penalty for "Causing a collision", which was only a bump between his front wheel and Brawn GP's side pod, with no visible damage and plenty of room for Rubens to move away from, plus there fact they both made it around the first corner without any problems and obviously continued into the race!

Dry and hot suited the Red Bull's better than the Brawn's who did have an issue with tyre wear. Webber still managed first driving a super fast race lap after lap leaving his team mate behind, with the only Ferrari finish, Massa in third. Rosberg did well in fourth and Button finally managed to get ahead of Rubens during the final pitstop and the very fast charging Alonso, had he another few laps would have surely taken both Brawns due to severe tyre wear.

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