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Engineers reveal Button's Brawn failed during Malaysia red flag
Article To news overview © 'F1 Japanese GP 2009 P1' by sumi.hsmt is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Jenson Button's infamous victory at Sepang in 2009 wouldn't have happened if the race had restarted after the extended red flag, as his engineers have revealed the Brawn car actually failed on the grid during the stoppage. As reported by RacingNews365 earlier this week on the race's 12th anniversary, the most recent race in Formula 1 to award half points was at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix. A tropical storm hit the circuit during the race, resulting in a red flag stoppage with the race failing to restart due to poor light late in the evening. Jenson Button's strong start to what would turn...
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