I told ya I love an underdog story. The Brit who was four months ago on the brink of not being behind an F1 wheel when his team Honda pull out of the Championship, is now the toast of Melbourne.

Jensen Button succeeded in his second ever F1 victory in 154 attempts in seven years.

He claims the spoils of today’s Australian Grand Prix from an excellent starting grid position which he tops the pole yesterday, winning it with team-mate Rubens Barrichello close behind in second position.

The rookie BrawnGP team is making an impressive debut for the Formula Season, where it tops the Constructor with 18 points, some 12 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with Ferrari nowhere in sight.

Button had a perfect race from the start till the end. After taking the lead from the No.1 grid position, he never looked back.

The 29 year old added, “I just hope we can now continue this way. I know we are going to fight to keep the car competitive and at the front. But this is where we deserve to be, so bring on Malaysia.”

Unlike Button, Barrichello however had some problems on the first few turns from the flag-off, where he had a bad start and dropped a few position, but he came back strong after some bumping with two cars, and a late pit stop before completing his runners-up finish.

Barrichello mentioned, “I never thought I could finish on the podium after the start. I hit anti-stall, so the car went into neutral and I recovered quite quickly. I was hit from behind by a McLaren and that put me sideways and I hit someone really hard and I thought the car was done after that, but it survived.”

Australia GP Race Results (29 March 2009)

1. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) 1:34:15.784 / 10 pts / 58 laps
2. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.8 secs / 8 pts / 58 laps
3. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +2.9 secs / 6 pts / 58 laps
4. Timo Glock (Toyota) +4.4 secs / 5 pts / 58 laps
5. Fernando Alonso (Renault) +4.8 secs / 4 pts / 58 laps
6. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +5.7 secs / 3 pts / 58 laps
7. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) +6.0 secs / 2 pts / 58 laps
8. Sebastien Bourdais (STR-Ferrari) +6.2 secs / 1 pts / 58 laps
9. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +6.3 secs / 58 laps
10. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +7.0 secs / 58 laps
11. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) +7.3 secs / 58 laps
12. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) +26.6 secs / 58 laps
13. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) +1 Lap / 57 laps
14. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) +2 Laps / 56 laps
15. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) +3 Laps / 55 laps
16. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) +3 Laps / 55 laps
17. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) +13 Laps Ret / 45 laps
18. Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) Spin Ret / 24 laps
19. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) Accident Ret / 17 laps
20. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) Accident damage Ret / 0 laps

Drivers Points for 2009

1. Jenson Button (British) Brawn-Mercedes / 10 pts
2. Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian ) Brawn-Mercedes / 8 pts
3. Lewis Hamilton (British ) McLaren-Mercedes / 6 pts
4. Timo Glock (German ) Toyota / 5 pts
5. Fernando Alonso (Spanish ) Renault / 4 pts
6. Nico Rosberg (German ) Williams-Toyota / 3 pts
7. Sebastien Buemi (Swiss ) STR-Ferrari / 2 pts
8. Sebastien Bourdais (French ) STR-Ferrari / 1 pts
9. Adrian Sutil (German ) Force India-Mercedes / 0 pts
10. Nick Heidfeld (German ) BMW Sauber / 0 pts
11. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italian ) Force India-Mercedes / 0 pts
12. Jarno Trulli (Italian ) Toyota / 0 pts
13. Mark Webber (Australian ) RBR-Renault / 0 pts
14. Sebastian Vettel (German ) RBR-Renault / 0 pts
15. Robert Kubica (Polish ) BMW Sauber / 0 pts
16. Kimi Räikkönen (Finnish ) Ferrari / 0 pts
17. Felipe Massa (Brazilian ) Ferrari / 0 pts
18. Nelsinho Piquet (Brazilian ) Renault / 0 pts
19. Kazuki Nakajima (Japanese ) Williams-Toyota / 0 pts
20. Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish ) McLaren-Mercedes / 0 pts

Constructor Points for Season 2009

1. Brawn-Mercedes 18 pts
2. McLaren-Mercedes 6 pts
3. Toyota 5 pts
4. Renault 4 pts
5. Williams-Toyota 3 pts
6. STR-Ferrari 3 pts
7. Force India-Mercedes 0 pts
8. BMW Sauber 0 pts
9. RBR-Renault 0 pts
10. Ferrari 0 pts