Jenson wins with ease

Sometimes things come far too easily.

Jenson Button stormed to victory in Monaco with utter ease; his dominance reflects the sport as a whole at the moment – unexplainable and very surprising. As teams discussed and argued about the budget cap, Brawn showed that money doesn’t always get you success.

Button was not even going to have a drive this year but now he is leading the way as Brawn GP show that they are far superior to anyone else in the field and that’s without the elusive funds that some teams can boost.

Even team boss Ross Brawn is surprised how well Jenson is doing. He told the BBC, “I’m lost for words about him [Button] because he’s exceeding everything I thought possible. Stunning. “

And there is no surprises if Jenson goes on to dominate the rest of the season, no one seems to be getting close. This was Button’s fifth win out of sixth and only four other drivers have done that, Michael Schumacher and Juan Manuel Fangio being two of them.

The glitz and glamour was on show at Monaco, the star names packed in to watch the biggest race on the F1 calendar but the race itself failed to live up to any of the expectation that was hoped for. In fact, it was rather dull.

Jenson’s partner Rubens Barrichello came in second place and it was another 1-2 finish for Ross Brawn and his team.

There was some good news for Ferrari or bad news if you like any other team, Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finished third and fourth respectively as the team looks if it has improved significantly. The team said they could really push on and challenge, let’s hope that’s not true.

World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who won here in the wet last year, finished a miserable 12th after his mistake in qualifying and a change in gearbox meant he started at the back of the grid. It was a wasted opportunity for the Brit as this is his track and it’s also a track that McLaren do normally perform well.

He simply never got going and the team tactics did not master the expertises of Brawn, starting at the back he could have started in the pit lane with a full load of petrol and be out for longer. But this wasn’t the case as the McLaren crisis continues to suffer.

Red Bull had a mixed weekend, wonder kid Sebastian Vettel unfortunately crashed out and Australian Mark Webber finished a very respectable fifth spot as they look to get some, if any, pressure on the Brawn team.

Williams’ Nico Rosberg, Renault’s Fernando Alonso and Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Boundais filled the remaining point's places.