Veteran Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello collected on Sunday his first victory of the season and his first with Brawn GP when he won the Grand Prix of Europe in the streets of Valencia, Spain.
Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished second for team McLaren ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari. Barrichello took the lead of the race from Hamilton when McLaren driver pitted only to discover his crew, who took nearly 14 seconds to service the reigning world champion, was not ready with tyres. Results of the Grand Prix : 1 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 57 laps en 1h35'51"289 2 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 2"358 3 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 15"994 4 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 20"032 5 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 20"870 6 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 27"744 7 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 34"913 8 - Robert Kubica (BMW F1.09) - 36"667 9 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 44"910 10 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 47"935 11 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW F1.09) - 48"822 12 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1'03"614 13 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 1'04"527 14 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF109) - 1'26"519 15 - Romain Grosjean (Renault R29) - 1'31"774 16 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1 lap down 17 - Luca Badoer (Ferrari F60) - 1 lap down 18 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 3 laps down Abandons 42th lap - Sebastien Buemi 24th lap - Sebastian Vettel Drivers’ championship 1.Button 72; 2.Barrichello 54; 3.Webber 51,5; 4.Vettel 47; 5.Rosberg 29,5; 6.Hamilton 27; 7.Raikkonen 24; 8.Trulli 22,5; 9.Massa 22; 10.Glock, Alonso 16; 12.Kovalainen 14; 13.Heidfeld 6; 14.Buemi, Kubica 3; 16.Bourdais 2. Constructors’ championship 1.Brawn-Mercedes 126; 2.Red Bull-Renault 98,5; 3.Ferrari 45; 4.McLaren-Mercedes 39; 5.Toyota 38,5; 6.Williams-Toyota 29,5; 7.Renault 15; 8.BMW 8; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5. Results and standings unofficial Photos: Brawn GP
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