The Brawn Mercedes team has become used to topping the timesheets on a regular basis this year, but today in Friday practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello had to be satisfied with the sixth and ninth fastest times. Button for one however was not concerned."A pretty standard programme for us today on what has been a very hot Friday in Bahrain," the championship leader began. "We have successfully completed our scheduled test items and evaluated a number of set-up options to find the best balance for our car around this track."
"The pace looks good from our initial evaluations and I am sure it will be a closely fought battle in qualifying tomorrow," he added.
Barrichello was not quite as content in the sister BGP 001 as he looks to finder a better general balance.
"It was quite difficult to find a good balance today," the Brazilian veteran explained. "But overall I am comfortable with the work that we have achieved. We are running quite competitively but have further work to do before qualifying tomorrow as other cars around us were also quick."
Team Principal Ross Brawn explained that due to the lack of pre-season testing, the team focused solely tyres today whilst also keeping an eye on temperatures.
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