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Button eases to victory in Turkey
07 June 2009
Jenson Button cruised to victory in an incident free Turkish GP, taking his sixth win in seven races.
Having started second, the Brawn GP driver passed pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel on the first lap after the German ran wide in Turn 10.
Button never looked like relinquishing the lead despite coming under pressure from Vettel mid way through the race.
Vettel's three-stop strategy saw him end up third behind his Red Bull team mate Mark Webber, who had started fourth.
Rubens Barrichello made a poor start from third and he later retired with a gearbox problem, the first retirement a Brawn GP car has suffered this season.
Provisional race results after 58 laps:
1. Button (Brawn GP-Mercedes) 1h26:24.848
2. Webber (Red Bull-Renault) +6.714
3. Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) +7.461
4. Trulli (Toyota) +27.843
5. Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +31.539
6. Massa (Ferrari) +39.996
7. Kubica (BMW Sauber) +46.247
8. Glock (Toyota) +46.959
9. Raikkonen (Ferrari) +50.246
10. Alonso (Renault) +1:02.420
11. Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +1:04.327
12. Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +1:06.376
13. Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +1:20.454
14. Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) +1 lap
15. Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) +1 lap
16. Piquet (Renault) +1 lap
17. Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +1 lap
18. Bourdais (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) +1 lap
Retirements:
Barrichello (Brawn GP-Mercedes) Lap 49
Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) Lap 5
All timings unofficial
World Championship standings, round 7:
1. Button 61
2. Barrichello 35
3. Vettel 29
4. Webber 27.5
5. Trulli 19.5
6. Glock 13
7. Rosberg 11.5
8. Massa 11
9. Alonso 11
10. Hamilton 9
11. Raikkonen 9
12. Heidfeld 6
13. Kovalainen 4
14. Buemi 3
15. Kubica 2
16. Bourdais 2
Constructors:
1. Brawn GP-Mercedes 96
2. Red Bull-Renault 56.5
3. Toyota 32.5
4. Ferrari 20
5. McLaren-Mercedes 13
6. William-Toyota 11.5
7. Renault 11
8. BMW Sauber 8
9. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5
Mark Tisshaw
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