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23 August 2009
Rubens Barrichello scored his first win of the season in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, winning his first race for Brawn GP and taking his first win for five years.
The Brazilian had look set to trail pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) home, but pounced when the world champion's team fumbled his final tyre stop.
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The result was also good news in the championship for Brawn, which extended its advantage over Red Bull, which had a disasterous race when Sebastian Vettel stopped with an engine related problem and Mark Webber finished outside the points.
That was also great news for a lacklustre Jenson Button (Brawn), who extended his championship lead by two points despite finishing just seventh.
Valencia result:
1 Barrichello(Brawn-Mercedes) 1h35:51.289
2 Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +2.358
3 Raikkonen (Ferrari +15.994
4 Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) +20.032
5 Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +20.870
6 Alonso (Renault) +27.744
7 Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +34.913
8 Kubica (BMW Sauber) +36.667
9 Webber (Red Bull-Renault) +44.910
10 Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +47.935
11 Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +48.822
12 Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) +1:03.614
13 Trulli (Toyota) +1:04.527
14 Glock (Toyota) +1:26.519
15 Grosjean (Renault) +1:31.774
16 Alguersuari (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) +1 lap
17 Badoer (Ferrari) +1 lap
18 Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +3 laps
Not classified/retirements:
Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari)
Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
World Championship standings, round 11:
Drivers:
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 etc
Constructors:
1 Brawn-Mercedes 126
2 Red Bull-Renault 98.5
3 Ferrari 46
4 McLaren-Mercedes 41
5 Toyota 38.5
6 Williams-Toyota 29.5 etc
All timing unofficial
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