Button leads Brawn one-two

Britain's Jenson Button led an astonishing one-two on his Brawn GP team's racing debut in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.

No Formula One team had won on their debut since Wolf in 1977 while the last to secure the top two places first time out was Mercedes in 1954.

McLaren's world champion Lewis Hamilton, who started 18th after a catastrophic gearbox failure in qualifying, showed all of his fighting spirit by clawing his way back to fourth place.

Image: Button and teammate Rubens Barrichello spray champagne on team boss Ross Brawn, left, as they celebrate their win at the Australian GP.

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