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Brawn: "Winning Monaco means a lot"

Ross Brawn was extremely proud to have scored a one-two victory at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, as the English engineer and team boss saw Jenson Button start the race from pole position and finish ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello.

Speaking about the team's fantastic result, Brawn later said: "Fantastic drives from Jenson and Rubens, outstanding pit stops from the team and the performance of our Mercedes-Benz engine secured an amazing one-two victory for Brawn GP here in Monaco. Jenson gave himself the best possible chance for victory after achieving pole position and he was able to control the race from the front; bringing the car home in one piece after 78 laps is no easy feat in Monaco but Jenson was calm and assured throughout the race and drove with real finesse.

"Rubens had a great start to get ahead of Räikkönen and was showing excellent pace before his first set of rear tyres began to grain heavily as a result of following Jenson so closely. Unfortunately, that compromised his chance of fighting it out with his team-mate but he did superbly well to keep Räikkönen at bay and bring home maximum points for the team's championship challenge.

"The Monaco Grand Prix is an incredibly special race and to win here means so much to everyone here at the track, at the factory in Brackley and at Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines in Brixworth." The constructors' championship now sees Brawn leading with more than double the points of Red Bull Racing in second place.

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