Looks to me like Brawn GP Fluked last year’s championships. I can remember Jenson button saying on the BBC’s hit show top gear, “as soon as I drove the car I knew it was a good base to start on” this was based on the testing that happened at the beginning of 2009.
Looking back at testing stats both Brawns where super quick in testing. See Below for an example of times.
1: Fernando Alonso, Renault R29, 1:18.343
2: Rubens Barrichello, Brawn BGP 001, 1:18.398
3:Jenson Button, Brawn BGP 001, 1:18.892
There was a video in the BBC website with Ross Brawn, with him saying oh we aren’t that quick when low on fuel but on par with Ferraris when we have a full tank.
To be honest he didn’t seem that sure about the whole thing anyway. The true test will be qualifying at Bahrain, This is the first time all the cars will run together with a fullish of fuel.
Rules state that the car can be re fueled before the race but that is it. So it’s still open for lighter fuel loads to be used in qualifying.