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Button delighted to survive and win
05 April 2009 / Results / PhotosJenson Button was both ecstatic and relieved to take a second win from two races in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Despite running as low as fourth after a bad start, the Englishman made the most of his longer first stint by retaking the lead after his first pit stop, before surviving an enormous storm to take his second victory from two races in 2009.
"What a crazy race," were the Brawn driver's words in the post-race press conference. "My start was pretty bad - I don't think I'd got enough heat in the tyres and had a lot of oversteer. I went back to fourth then got up to third, before eventually getting back up to the front. I was pretty happy with that, because our pace was pretty good."
The majority of the field made extra pit stops for wet tyres before switching to intermediates as the rain eased off.. Just moments later, heavier rain hit the circuit which saw all cars return to the pits for the wet compound once again. "Choosing the tyres was very difficult," the race winner continued. "Normally when it rains here it pours, but it didn't to start with. We went for the full wet tyre and it destroyed itself, and then I saw Timo flying up behind us with the intermediate, so we put the intermediates on."
At that point, Glock and Toyota were looking favourite for both his and the team's first Formula One victory, before the heavier rain struck. "Just as he came by I saw his tyres were bald, and it was raining out the back, so he was struggling quite a lot and had to pit," Button continued. "I got one lap in on the inter at a reasonable pace, and was then able to get back in and put the wet tyre on to get back in front."
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