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Brawn praises work so far

Ross Brawn is keen to return to Barcelona after his team's magnificent start to the 2009 championship; having registered two pole positions and three race victories from the first four events, the white and green cars head the standings with almost double the amount of constructors' points to that of their closest rivals.

"The team had to make a tremendous effort simply to have two cars on the grid for the first race in Melbourne," first-time team owner Brawn said. "The success that we have achieved has been a well-deserved reward for all our staff for their hard work which has been supported by the commitment of our engine partner, Mercedes-Benz. The short break which we have enjoyed since returning from Bahrain has enabled the whole team to regroup at our factory in Brackley and spend a little time reflecting upon our first four races."

Despite the occasional contact, the nimble Mercedes-powered cars have proven to be reliable as well as quick so far, with eight finishes from as many starts. "Jenson, Rubens and the team delivered a first class job to win the Bahrain Grand Prix which is the level of performance that we must sustain if we are to seriously challenge for the championships this year," Ross continued.

"The field has compressed considerably since the season-opening race in Australia and the performance margins at the front are now very tight indeed. Whilst we have been away racing over the past few weeks,
the factory has been working extremely hard on our upgrade package for the BGP 001 and we look forward to seeing the results of our development work on track in Barcelona this weekend."

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