F1 : Spanish GP Preview

Following the frenetic first 4 races, F1 makes its annual return to Catalunya, Spain, F1's favoured test circuit.

With Jenson Button still the man to beat, I ask, was the Bahrain GP his best drive ever? And who, if anybody, can beat him in sunny Spain?

On current form, you still can't look past the Brawn Mercedes team. Fastest in session one, by almost half a second over the chasing pack; in the 'reborn' Jenson Button's hands, with Barrichello up there in session two.

Despite all the efforts of the other teams to catch-up, Brawn GP still find themselves ahead of the rest, and to be honest, look set for another good weekend. The new cooling implements have solved any issues over engine reliability that meant we didn't really see a true reflection of the teams real pace in Bahrain, but even so, we did see just how good Jenson Button can be with the right car underneath him.

With the team for the first time in Bahrain finding out that F1 wasn't all about being able to control the race from the front (should it remain dry!), Button still proved why his talent has been wasted in bad cars over the last few years.

A breathe taking manoeuvre on a KERS boosted Lewis Hamilton and a swerve pit stop strategy by Ross Brawn and Andrew Shovlin, added to by some stupendous driving by Jenson led to the team to unquestionably; their finest win yet.
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