Britain’s Button tops Bahrain GP
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Nisan 27, 2009 00:00
SAKHIR, Bahrain - Brawn GP's Jenson Button won the Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday, giving the Briton his third win in four Formula One races this year.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was second, 7.1 seconds behind Button, and Toyota's Jarno Trulli took third at the Sakhir circuit. The result gives Button a 12-point lead in the drivers' championship, with a two-week break before the series heads to Europe.
Defending champion Lewis Hamilton was fourth for McLaren, ahead of Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello. Kimi Raikkonen finished sixth to give Ferrari its first points of the season, with Toyota's Timo Glock and Renault's Fernando Alonso seventh and eighth.
There was only one retirement from the 20-car field.
Glock got the best of the start to lead Trulli in the early stages, and the Toyota teammates held that advantage until the first set of pit stops. However, Toyota's strategy to use the less-preferred medium-compound tire through the long second stint of the race handed the advantage to Button, who effectively led from the 13th of 57 laps.
Defending champion Lewis Hamilton was fourth for McLaren, ahead of Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello. Kimi Raikkonen finished sixth to give Ferrari its first points of the season, with Toyota's Timo Glock and Renault's Fernando Alonso seventh and eighth.
There was only one retirement from the 20-car field.
Glock got the best of the start to lead Trulli in the early stages, and the Toyota teammates held that advantage until the first set of pit stops. However, Toyota's strategy to use the less-preferred medium-compound tire through the long second stint of the race handed the advantage to Button, who effectively led from the 13th of 57 laps.