Button and Brawn cautious ahead of qualifyingWorld championship leader Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January, 1980) is an English Formula One racing driver. He currently competes for the Honda Racing F1 team. He won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, on August 6 2006 after 113 races. and his Brawn GP team-mate team-mate Noun a fellow member of a team and nearest title challenger Rubens Barrichello Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23 1972) is a Brazilian Formula One race driver of Italian descent. He currently drives for Honda. Barrichello previously drove for Ferrari from 2000 to 2005 as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable success. were both cautious Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant on their prospects in this weekend's Italian Grand Prix The Italian Grand Prix (Gran Premio d'Italia) is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. The first Italian Grand Prix motor racing championship took place on September 4, 1921 at Brescia. . While Brazilian Barrichello, who trails his British rival by 18 points with five races remaining, put an upbeat slant on his hopes after clocking only the 16th fastest time in opening practice, Button was more neutral. Button, who was 19th, said: "We did a lot of set-up work today with the car in the low down-force configuration although we had a couple of issues, which meant that I couldn't do the long runs that we had planned so that was a bit frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . "Everything was sorted out by the end of the day, which is good, but we have a lot of work ahead of us. It feels very different running with such low down-force, but the car has been performing reasonably well. "We need to work on the fine-tuning of the set-up overnight to ensure that I'm completely happy with the balance before qualifying." Barrichello said: "We started very quickly at the beginning of the session and then we maintained our times while other people improved a lot. "I hope the meaning is that people started to take some fuel out! We didn't. "We were checking our car on a heavy fuel load and it feels okay. In Monza it's very hard to feel a great car on a heavy load. That said, it's fine; I'm happy with it. "Fridays mean nothing in a way. It's a pure day of testing and it doesn't matter who's in front and who's behind." Brawn team boss Ross Brawn Ross Brawn (born November 23, 1954) is a British motorsport engineer. He has worked for a number of Formula 1 teams, latterly as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton Formula and Scuderia Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2006. said he intended to allow the two drivers to continue racing each other without any team orders - because he believed that was the best way to ensure they kept pushing hard for progress. That, in turn, said Brawn, would ensure the team could stay ahead of rivals Red Bull in the constructors' title race. 
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