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Briton Jenson Button made it three wins from four races to strengthen his early grip on the Formula One world championship with victory in a heat-sapping Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. After victories in Australia and Malaysia, Button’s Brawn GP car simply had too much brute force for his rivals to compete with the 29-year-old
McLaren chairman Ron Dennis ended his long-standing involvement in Formula One on Thursday when he announced a major restructuring of the British-based company.
Britain’s Jenson Button won the opening race of the 2009 Formula One season after dominating the Australian Grand Prix for the newly-formed Brawn GP team. Button, who started from pole at Albert Park, was claiming the second victory of his 154-race career to complete a remarkable reversal of fortunes for the former Honda team who were facing an uncertain future when the Japanese car manufacturer withdrew from F1 late last year.
Virgin has secured a partnership with the Brawn Grand Prix team in Formula One racing, Virgin boss Richard Branson announced Saturday. The move, which had been the subject of speculation, marks Virgin’s first foray into F1 racing.
World champion Lewis Hamilton has joined the growing number of critics of the new rules to be introduced to Formula One this season.