Barrichello returns Brawn to winning ways in Spain

Rubens Barrichello had said all year that he will win for Brawn GP, and he finally came good in Valencia with a controlled performance that brought him home just over two seconds ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Rubens Barrichello已經説他會替Brawn GP拿到勝利說了一整年，他終於在瓦倫西亞實現諾言，一切盡在掌握中的衝線，領先McLaren車隊的Lewis Hamilton兩秒奪冠。

The world champion led at the start as expected, from McLaren team mate Heikki Kovalainen, both using their KERS to keep Barrichello in third place. Behind them, Kimi Raikkonen thrust up to fourth, also using the Ferrari's KERS button. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel went with them after seeing off Brawn GP’s Jenson Button, whose race soon collapsed with tyre graining issues which sent him backwards early on.

現役世界冠軍Lewis Hamilton的起跑跟預期中的一樣不錯，在隊友Heikki Kovalainen掩護下，兩台車皆使用KERS，讓Barrichello維持在第三位。在他們之後的是一樣用上KERS，衝到第四的Kimi Raikkonen。Red Bull車隊的Sebastian Vettel跑在第六，Jenson Button則遇到輪胎粒化的問題而速度大減。

Hamilton led until his first pit stop on Lap 16, leaving Kovalainen to take over on the 17th, when he too stopped. Thereafter Barrichello ran another three laps before refuelling. That put his Brawn ahead of Kovalainen for the middle stint. Behind them, Raikkonen had no trouble keeping fourth ahead of Williams’ Nico Rosberg and Renault’s Fernando Alonso, leaving Mark Webber to fight with Button.

Hamilton一直領先到第16圈進站，由Kovalainen在第17圈進站前繼續領先，Barrichello又多跑了3圈才進站加油，如此在中段後Brawn GP便跑在Kovalainen之前。Raikkonen則一直順利守在第四位，跑在Williams車隊的Nico Rosberg和Renault車隊的Fernando Alonso之前，Mark Webber則在後面和Button纏鬥。

Hamilton had a lead of 3.6s over Barrichello by Lap 36, but when he pitted again a lap later McLaren did not have his front tyres ready after a late request to him to do one more lap came just as he was about to enter the pits. That delay proved costly - though the team insisted it didn't cost them the win - and when Barrichello pitted from the lead on Lap 40 he was able to resume ahead of Hamilton.

在第36圈時，Hamilton還領先Barrichello有3.6秒，車隊在他進站時才指示他要再多跑一圈，所以當Hamilton再次進站時，車隊人員還沒準備好他的前輪，經過這樣的延遲就要付出代價，即使車隊認為這不是他們沒有取勝的原因，之後在第40圈時，Barrichello在領先狀況進站後出站還是繼續領先Hamilton。

The Briton kept the pressure on Barrichello all the way, but could not close the gap by more than a couple of tenths each lap until the Brazilian backed off right at the end, and it came down from 3.9s to 2.3s. Raikkonen jumped Kovalainen on the second stop, and the ‘other’ Finn had his hands full holding off an aggressive Rosberg in the final laps.

之後Hamilton繼續向Barrichello施壓，但是每圈消掉0.1秒還是不能拉近差距，到Barrichello衝過終點時，差距從3.9秒縮短到2.3秒。Raikkonen則在第二次進站超越了Kovalainen，Kovalainen 則在最後一圈全力守住了來勢洶洶的Rosberg。

Webber also lost out on the second stop, crucially dropping behind both Button and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica. Thus seventh place behind Alonso was enough for Button to increase his championship lead by two points to 72. He was the fastest man on the track for a long time in the closing laps on Bridgestone’s super-soft tyres, until they went off and he had to abandon his pursuit of the Renault. Kubica hung on ahead of Webber to score the final point.

Webber也在第二次進站失去位置，落在Button和BMW Sauber車隊的Robert Kubica之後。Button排在Alonso後面拿到第七名取得兩分積分，使他的積分累積到了72分。他使用普利司通的超軟胎在比賽尾聲做出了最快圈速，並且直到比賽結束前才放棄追擊前方的雷諾賽車。Kubica則在Webber前方拿下最後的一分。

It was a tough day for Red Bull, with Vettel retiring with his second engine failure of the weekend on Lap 24, having already made one refuelling stop and one unscheduled stop after a problem with the fuel rig.

對Red Bull車隊來說是個艱困的一天，Vettel在第24圈引擎縮缸退賽，這是本季第二次，在縮缸前已經加過一次油和一次因為加油設備的問題而再次的進站。

Further back, Adrian Sutil claimed 10th for Force India ahead of Nick Heidfeld in the second BMW Sauber and Giancarlo Fisichella in the second Force India. The Toyotas were 13th and 14th, with Timo Glock bettering Button’s fastest lap right at the end. Romain Grosjean’s debut for Renault yielded only 15th place, not helped by damaging his nose on the opening lap and needing an unscheduled stop as a result, and later a half spin.

Force India車隊的Adrian Sutil以第十名完賽，領先BMW Sauber的Nick Heidfeld和自己的隊友Giancarlo Fisichella，Toyota車隊以十三、十四名完賽，Timo Glock最後更打破Button的最快圈速。Romain Grosjean的首次上場，為Renault車隊拿到15名，他在首圈就撞壞鼻翼而要進站一次更換，之後又打滑一次。

Jaime Alguersuari looked less convincing than he had in Hungary on his way to 16th for Toro Rosso, while team mate Sebastien Buemi ran into trouble after he damaged his front wing in a brush with Glock on the opening lap and had to stop for a replacement. Later he spun in Turn 12 on Lap 43 and could not continue.

Jaime Alguersuari本站表現不如匈牙利站，他為Toro Rosso車隊拿下十六名，他的隊友Sebastien Buemi在起跑時和Glock撞掉了前翼，必須進站更換，之後在43圈第12彎時打滑出去而且無法繼續比賽。

Luca Badoer’s return to Formula One racing was unimpressive. He ran down the back all day, let Grosjean overtake him as they left the pits, and then got a drive-through penalty for crossing the white line on the exit. He might have achieved his ambition of a finish, but he did so in 17th place. The only other classified car behind him was Kazuki Nakajima’s Williams, who was delayed by a left rear tyre failure and then pitted for good just before the flag.

Luca Badoer回到F1的首場比賽另人失望，整天都跑在後面，一起出PIT後讓Grosjean超越，之後因為壓到PIT白線而遭到"得來速"加時處罰，他或許達到完賽的目標，但是他拿到第十七名，唯一在他後面完賽的車手只有Williams的Kazuki Nakajima，他因為左後輪爆胎而被延遲，之後在出旗號前進站。

So Brawn increased their constructors’ championship lead over Red Bull, 126 points to 98.5, and Barrichello vaulted back to second place in the drivers' with 54 points to Webber’s 51.5.

本站Brawn GP的積分來到126分，領先98.5分的紅牛車隊，而Barrichello回到車手積分榜的第二名，以54分領先Webber的51.5分。

Barrichello's win marked the 100th by a Brazilian driver, and fittingly he dedicated it to Felipe Massa, who had advised him on racing lines only last week. It was also the 250th race for the McLaren Mercedes partnership, and Bridgestone’s 150th victory. And it left the title fight wide open as the paddock heads to Belgium next week.

Barrichello這次勝利也是巴西車手的累積100次勝利，Barrichello將這次勝利獻給Massa，Massa在上週給了Barrichello一些建議。這也是McLaren和Mercedes合作的第250場比賽，和普利司通的第150場勝利，這場比賽也讓頭銜之爭更為激烈，大家更關注下週的比利時站。