Ross Brawn has paid tribute to his team after Jensen Button's Malaysian Grand Prix victory made it two from two for the F1 newcomers.
GP wins 'a credit to dedication of team' says Brawn GP boss
Ross Brawn has paid tribute to his team after Jensen Button's victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday made it two wins from two for the F1 newcomers.
The Brawn GP boss is delighted with his team's start to their inaugural Formula One season after they followed up Button and Barrichello's one-two at the Australian GP with first and fifth at the Sepang International Circuit on Sunday.
The results have seen his team leap to the top the constructor's championship standings with 25 points, 8.5 points clear of second placed Toyota.
"A fantastic team performance today and a thoroughly deserved second victory of the season for Jenson and the team," said Brawn.
"It was an eventful race to say the least and I am pleased with how quickly we were able to react to the changing conditions to maintain the lead that Jenson had achieved in the first stint of the race.
"It was not perfect as we could have had both cars in the top three if we had been a little bolder in bringing the drivers in for their third stops for intermediate tyres.
Dedication
"However, we are delighted to have had such a successful start to the season with two pole positions and two victories in the opening races.
"You can't ask for more than that and it is a credit to the talent, attitude and dedication of our team that we have been able to achieve such results."
Button, who had been unhappy with his car after practice on Friday, praised his team after overnight adjustments helped him take pole on Saturday and go on to claim consecutive victories for the first time in his Formula One career.
"I have to say a massive thank you to my engineer (Andrew Shovlin) who was on the podium with me today," said the 29-year-old.
"We have been through a lot of tough times but he has been wicked and today as we saw we came out on top and a lot of it was down to him, so thank you very much.
"For me I think it's more amazing that we've won two in a row in these conditions, because Australia wasn't easy with the safety cars and here with the changing weather conditions it made it a lot more difficult.
Oversteer
"The great thing is that we could see what was going on behind us and we could react to it and react to it quickly and that's why we're sat here at the moment.
"I'm very happy and it would be nice going to Shanghai leading by a few points, I think five points, and hopefully we can have a straightforward race and we can see where we stand."
Despite winning two races in a row, Button admitted that his car is by no means perfect and he still has doubts about its handling in wet weather.
"The balance was definitely not right on the full wet (tyres)," he added."The circuit was reasonably dry, so it was difficult to get a balance.
"But I had massive oversteer on the first couple of laps and then the front started graining. There is a lot of work we need to do to sort our pace and balance out on the wet tyres
"But as I said it is just nice to get to the end of the race and we ended up on the top because, I think, of a good strategy and also looking at what other people were doing on the different types of tyres.
"Congratulations to all the guys who work on the car but also the engineers and the strategy guys who got us here really."
