JENSON "THE WONDERKID" BUTTON has
finally ended his 68 race jinx and recorded the first podium of his career!!!
Jenson stormed to this amazing victory from a starting place of 6th where he was
a true battler all the way through. This is setting the new standard of
great British acing drivers and now means Jenson has officially joined the "big
boys league" competing with drivers like Monty and Schuy. I would
just like to thank the whole team at B.A.R for their hard work over the summer
to give Jenson a car that good.
Below is the race report as written
by my own fair hands.
- Jenson made a good start where
his quick reactions helped him dodge the slow starting Mark Webber.
- Trulli, the idiot, hit Button and
this lead to a war between the 2 which carried on for around 1/3 of the race.
The pair were continually trying to overtake each other but as you would
expect JB came out on top.
- This left Jenson pressurising the
Ferriari of Rubens Barrichello in 5th place.
- Ralf Schumacher punctured
Webber's tyre and this sent Webber plumiting down the frid.
- Coulthard was pressurised in 7th
by Alonso who had made his way up from the back of the grid, 7th was where he
was later to finish.
- Sato, Jenson's B.A.R. team-mate
spun out onto the gravel but stayed out of the bottom 10.
- Webber, who had pitted in to
change his tyres after "scarface" Ralf had punctured it got a drive through
penalty for speeding in the pit-lane.
- Button as briefly up to second
during the first round of pit-stops and was lapping magnificently at around
1min 35 secs, over one second better than Monty Python.
- Button comes out of his first
pit-stop ahead of Trulli but "the idiot" barges into him sending him back into
5th.
- There is a period of on-board
camera from Jenson's car showing the scrap between him and "the idiot".
- Half an hour into the race and
Jenson is in 5th.
- Sato pits down to 12th.
- Sato gains one place.
- Out of interest, we are told that
Renault have 13 extra holes in their body work due to the heat of Malaysia.
- Trulli "the idiot" pits, Button
is up to 4th ahead of Barrichello, Coulthard, Alonso and Ralf "scarface"
Schumacher. Quite the achievement I think you'll agree.
- Alonso has a long pit-stop taking
in a lot of fuel and comes out infront of Coulthard.
- Button takes up 3rd as Raikkonen
pits.
- Sato "the midget" pits as does
Monty Python and JB.
- "Scarface" Schumacher is out with
a blown engine.
- Webber is out of the race after
spinning of the track and says that "scarface" was pissed of and that,s why he
burst his tyre.
- Button, after this remarkable 2nd
round of pit-stops is up to 3rd.
- At this stage Jenson is the
fastest man of the race track.
- Sato, who started from the back
is in 8th behind Coulthard.
- Raikkonen 4 seconds behind
Button.
- Monty Python pits letting Button
into second briefly.
- Schumacher pits in.
- "Ice cold" Kimi is out of race
due to engine failure or clutch problems.
- Button leads Trulli by 20
seconds.
- Button continues in 3rd with ten
laps remaining.
- All of a sudden, after a
commercial brake we are told Buttons pace is dropping off. This could
mean Barrichello could be pressuring for 3rd by the end of the race.
- Button finds a slight bit of time
to stay slightly ahead of Rubens.
- The screen all of a sudden cuts
to a picture of a B.A.R with a blown engine. No-one can tell who it is
and tension grows. The name comes up at the bottom of the screen -
"Sato", I'm so happy it's not Jenson but fell sorry fo Sato as he was on his
way to his first W.C.points of the season.
- Last lap, Button is in 3d and
Rubens is right on his tail. The race finishes and BUTTON IS 3rd to my
delight.
- Button is named driver of the
day.
- John, his father is interviewed
ob T.V.
- Leaves him 4th in World
Championship as are B.A.R, both with 9 points.
- Schumacher, winner congratulates
Button along with just about everyone else. Delighted to be on the
podium and the givest cheer is given when the ecstatic Button lifts the
trophy.
- Schumacher gives him a well
deserved pat on the back and both Schuy and 2nd place Monty Python spray their
Champers all over him.
- Coverage ends with words-"It's
election day here in Malaysia, Jenson Button get my vote" and the highlights
are played out to Louis's song Catch me if you can. A fitting end
to the highlight of Jenson and B.A.R's F1 career to date.
Jenson "At the Races"
What Jenson says-
“Amazing! It’s as much as the team’s
as it is mine, they’ve worked so hard for this."
“It’s not the pinnacle of what we
want but it’s a step in the right direction. I’m ecstatic and I can’t wait to
get back to the team and congratulate them.”
“I touched Jarno [Trulli] after the
start and I thought something might me wrong, but everything felt fine.
“I had a good fight with him in the
first few laps and it was nice to have a gap behind me.
“For the past two years I’ve had
cars breathing down my neck for the last lap so it was nice to have a bit of a
gap.
"It's a great feeling we've worked
so hard, and I have in my career, and this is the first time I have been on the
podium in four years so it's been a struggle but with a lot of hard work it is a
fantastic feeling to be here.”
"It would be nice if we could be as
consistent as we have been here, that is what we have been fantastic at.
“Qualifying we seem to be pretty
consistent but I don't know, we have to wait and see.
"Things can change within the season
as we saw with Williams last year, they seemed to be able to make a huge step
forward.
“We hope we can move forward at the
same time as all the other teams."
B.A.R. Team boss David Richards
says-
“I would describe it as another step
up the ladder. This year we’ve always thought a lot of the car, Honda have done
a great job with the engine and the switch to Michelin tyres.
“I’ve also always had great
confidence in Jenson’s ability so to see him on the podium today is great for
his father and for myself.
“It’s his first ever podium and it’s
been niggling at him for a few years ever since he’s been in F1: ‘Why haven’t I
been on the podium?’ Great opportunities have always just gone by but today was
the day.”