Brawn Mercedes are dominating both the drivers' and constructors' championships courtesy of Jenson Button's three wins from the first four races.As ever, the development race in Formula One never stops and this weekend in Barcelona there are numerous updates throughout the field as rivals' look to close the gap on Brawn GP.
"It is always very difficult to even maintain your position wherever it is in Formula One as it moves forward so quickly," explained Brawn Mercedes Team Principal Ross Brawn. "The big challenge we all have is that with no testing you are effectively on a Friday trying to work out what you have got and where you are. It is not such a straightforward process as it used to be.
"We have brought a new package here which seems to be working very well with Rubens but we have got a problem with it with Jenson and we have to understand what is going on," Brawn continued after the duo set the fourth and sixth fastest times in the second practice session this afternoon in Barcelona.
The updates to the BGP 001 include a new floor, engine cover and rear bodywork.
"It is quite a difficult year for everybody and it will continue to be difficult with the testing rules that we have. We have a reasonable sized team now and we are not budget limited in what we can do, we are just being careful in how we spend that money.
"Perhaps we bring three or four sets of parts to a race whereas last year we might have brought six or seven. We make those sorts of judgement calls but we are certainly not holding back on doing any performance improvements that we can. There is a package here, there are some modifications for Monaco and there is another update for the Nurburgring, so we are working hard."
With 50 points on the board already this year, almost as much as Red Bull Renault and Toyota combined, Brawn Mercedes look in very good shape for round five of the 2009 season at Circuit de Catalunya.
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