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Sixth and ninth for Brawn

The Brawn GP team finished practice slightly lower than anticipated on Friday with positions six and eight for Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The championship leader's best effort yield a time just over three tenths of a second off the leading pace as Barrichello's lap was under a further two tenths back.

"We have successfully completed our scheduled test items and evaluated a number of setup options to find the best balance for our car around this track," Button confirmed. "The heat is intense, however we are well prepared for this and looking forward to the novelty of a dry race weekend; the pace looks good from our initial evaluations, and I am sure it will be a closely fought battle in qualifying tomorrow."

Barrichello, currently six points behind Button in the World Championship, is looking to close the gap in Bahrain. "We had different setups running on both cars today to gather as much information as possible and compensate for our lack of testing before the season began," the Brazilian explained. "It's very hot here in Bahrain so obviously and it was quite difficult to find a good balance today, 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."

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