Jenson Button claimed only his second fastest lap of the season as he saw off the challenge from the Red Bulls with ease at the Turkish Grand Prix.
Before the Turkish GP, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said he just wanted a "straight fight in clean air with the Brawns".
Horner got his wish as Button went head-to-head with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel during the race. However, the Red Bulls were not a match on Button's BGP 001 as he set fastest lap after fastest lap for most of the afternoon.
He eventually clocked his best time of 1:27.579 on lap 40. Vettel's fastest lap - set seven laps before the end of the race - was 0.043 slower than that of Button while Webber was almost two tenths of a second slower than his team-mate.
Toyota responded well after their disappointing performance in Monaco and Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock completed the top five. BMW also had one of their better afternoons of 2009 as Robert Kubica Kubica's 1:28.008 was the seventh fastest time.
The Ferraris were eighth and ninth fastest while Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen in their McLarens were only 15th and 18th in the standings for fastest lap times.
Times
01 J. Button Brawn GP 1:27.579
02 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:27.622
03 M. Webber Red Bull 1:27.809
04 J. Trulli Toyota 1:27.868
05 T. Glock Toyota 1:27.883
06 K. Nakajima Williams 1:27.988
07 R. Kubica BMW 1:28.008
08 K. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:28.061
09 F. Massa Ferrari 1:28.176
10 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:28.214
11 N. Rosberg Williams 1:28.222
12 N. Piquet Renault 1:28.340
13 F. Alonso Renault 1:28.389
14 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:28.526
15 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:28.562
16 S. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:28.624
17 S. Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:29.022
18 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:29.174
19 A. Sutil Force India 1:29.192
20 G. Fisichella Force India 1:34.070
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