The Brawn of GP and it is no coincidence

The British pilot Jenson Button and GP Brawn, the former official Honda team, won his second Formula 1 Grand Prix in a row and showed two things clearly: that the triumph in Australia last week was no accident and that the controversial broadcasters If you check back difference this holiday season.

The Grand Prix of Malaysia was one of the most chaotic in recent times. The race was stopped on lap 31 (of 56 planned) due to heavy monsoon storm which flooded the track and left almost no light to the corridors.

FIA showed some disruption to a storm that was forecast for days and it took almost an hour to determine the positions of the race. In the end, if not completed 75% of the route was awarded half the points for the best finishers. Thus, Button took five units, four points picked Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock, three.

The surprises of the race were excellent line of Nico Rosberg (from fourth to first place at the start and led until the first pit stop) and the painful action of the front-line teams. Ferrari still add the points in this championship and the champion Lews Hamilton landed his first year with seventh place.

Honda now listed on the weights

Always striking the marketing strategy of Honda Argentina, who traded their goods in dollars, although some models are manufactured in Mercosur. Though the brand never admitted it in a direct manner, is a way to paint an aura of premium, imported cars and Japanese Brazilians.

Nevertheless, devaluation suffered by the weight in recent weeks led to a change in plans. Being tied to the dollar, the New Civic and Fit New had been clearly out of kilter with the competition.

For all that, and a promotion that was announced as temporary, the Honda Mercosur now traded in pesos. Or in U.S. dollars glamorous, if not more than $ 3.59 worth the drive.