BRAWN GP's Rubens Barrichello was well satisfied with his third place at Silverstone on Sunday.
The Brazilian brought his Brawn-Mercedes car home in third position at the team's home Grand Prix on Sunday. Team-mate Jenson Button secured sixth position to score a valuable three points but Barrichello had a far more satisfying weekend.
"I'm re
ally proud of the third place that we achieved at Silverstone," said Barrichello.
"It's been a tough weekend for the team and we knew that if the track temperatures didn't increase, then it would be incredibly difficult to beat the Red Bulls.
"The car has been well balanced and we certainly haven't lost performance since the last race, it's just that we have suffered badly in the cool conditions with our tyre temperatures.
"I had a good start to maintain second but Sebastian (Vettel) then disappeared in front of me and we knew that we were competing for third. There's been very little difference between the two tyre compounds this weekend but the softer tyre was definitely better in the race so it was tough for us to do the long middle stint on the harder tyre.
"Still to come away with third and the best position that the team could have achieved this weekend is very satisfying and I'm happy to have taken some points out of Jenson's lead."
