And the best part of it all is the fact that they were once teammates in Ferrari.

In case you missed, the 2010 F1 season resumed in Hungary where a frustrated Michael Schumacher put on quite a dastardly move on former teammate Rubens Barrichello after the former seven-time world champion tried to put Barrichello to the wall when the Brazilian tried to get past him.

Luckily, Michael Schumacher failed to catch the Brazilian so instead of keeping the lead, Rubens Barrichello zoomed past his teammate, leaving the once king of Formula One in his rearview mirror.

Fans were shocked of how Michael Schumacher tried to defend his position, calling the move cheap and unfair. Ross Brawn on the other hand is adamant Schumacher was not trying to put Rubens Barrichello into the wall in Hungary, rather he was trying to “discourage him”.

Fighting for the final points-paying position in the Hungarian GP, Schumacher moved across the track, squeezing Barrichello towards the wall, which the Brazilian only just managed to avoid hitting

The Hungarian stewards ruled that Schumacher had “”illegitimately impeded” Barrichello and slapped with a ten-grid slot penalty for the next race in Belgium.

However, his Mercedes GP team boss reckons that was a “tough” call.

“Pretty tough – a tough move by Michael and a tough…”

They are after all, teammates.

German driver Nico Rosberg has defended under-fire teammate Michael Schumacher as a remarkable reversal of fortune has unfolded within Mercedes this 2010 F1 season.

Despite Michael Schumacher spending three years in retirement prior to his return to Formula One at the start of this season, many expected the seven-time World Champion to dominate Nico Rosberg.

With Nico Rosberg also new to Mercedes following his switch from Williams, and with Schumacher close friends with team boss Ross Brawn, it seemed inevitable the 41-year-old would hold sway.

Schumacher, though, has struggled throughout his comeback and so far has been out-qualified and out-raced by Rosberg by a count of six to two.

In the grand prix in Canada, Schumacher looked at times like a rookie rather than a legendary racer with a host of records to his name. Schumacher’s performance prompted a further wave of criticism that arguably he is now too old and no longer cut out for Formula One. But Rosberg, who celebrated his 25th birthday and so is 16 years Schumacher’s junior, said: “He’s had some very strong races this year.”

“Sometimes I’ve had the upper hand, but in general…”

In case you didn’t know, the most grandiose event in Formula One was held last weekend.

Yes, the 2010 F1 season finally visited Monaco and as always, it was a spectacle. Red Bull’s Mark Webber became the first Australian for quite a while to win the Monaco Grand Prix and the race for the championship became even more interesting when it was all over with teammates Webber and Sebastian Vettel tied on top while points leader Jenson Button falling at the fourth spot.

But perhaps what’s more intriguing in Monaco is how Michael Schumacher ALMOST pulled off a fast one in the final lap of the race. You see, the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix ended with the Safety Car on track after Jarno Trulli collided with Karun Chandhok in the final three laps of the race.

The Safety Car returned to the pits on the final lap, prompting Michael Schumacher into thinking that he can dive by Fernando Alonso who was then riding sixth and merely moments from scoring the final championship point of the race.

Schumi dove by Fernando Alonso moments after they had crossed the Safety Car line, taking the sixth spot from the Spaniard. The stewards however, ruled the move illegal, and confirmed that an investigation would be launched.

”I think I’m sixth, I got the message ‘Track Clear’,” Michael Schumacher said in an interview. ”That means the Safety Car is gone, the accident zone was clear, so I thought I could go.”

Mercedes GP boss Ross Brawn, of course, agrees with his driver…

In case you didn’t know, Jenson Button secured the world title in Brazil.

And although he didn’t win the Brazilian Grand Prix, Jenson Button scored just enough points to secure the world championship this 2009 F1 season.

However, there are rumors that claim Brawn GP could lose the newly crowned champion to McLaren. Yes, you read it, McLaren is once again making some moves to land them a world champion. They did the same thing to Renault’s Fernando Alonso a few years ago and just recently, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Why not go for another one and go after Brawn GP’s 2009 champion Jenson Button?

With Brawn GP not as rich as the big boys of Formula One like Ferrari, McLaren and Renault, they are in danger of losing Button if those richer teams start waiving more money in front of the British sensation. Team owner Ross Brawn knows it too, saying that it’s up to Button now.

Apparently, Jenson Button wants to earn the £8 million a year he was earning before taking a £5 million pay cut when former team owners, Honda, pulled out last December. Brawn knows money is the striking point in contract negotiations.

”Jenson has a contract with us. But that contract is not the salary of a World Champion, not the salary of a team that is in a much stronger position than it was 10 months ago,” Ross Brawn said. ”We’re working with Jenson to find a balance between what we can afford and what he feels is fair for his status and the contribution he can make in the future.”

The problem is, they don’t have anything to lure Button back…

In case you haven’t noticed, teams are starting to catch up to the once unbeatable mean and green machine.

After a red hot start to the 2009 F1 season that saw Brawn GP on the podium for eight straight races, their last two outings have been a little different with Jenson Button scoring a mere six championship points and Rubens Barrichello dropping three before his DNF in Hungary.

For what it’s worth, Jenson Button still remains on top of the leaderboard as far as the race for the drivers’ title is concerned with Brawn GP still leading the race for the constructors’ title.

But since other teams are starting to close in on them, specifically Red Bull, these guys definitely have something to be worried about. Red Bull’s Mark Webber is now only 18.5 points behind Button while the team in general is only 15.5 points adrift of Brawn GP.

Is Brawn starting to lose its edge or has the competition started to get more competitive? As far as team boss Ross Brawn is concerned, he’s putting the blame on the team’s recent modifications to the BGP001 while also acknowledging that YES, the competition has become a little bit stronger.

”It’s true that the opposition has got a lot stronger, but…”

Yeah, his suppose to be dramatic comeback was already over even before it got the chance to begin.

The 2009 F1 season has already produced plenty of excitement and surprises. One of the biggest came when seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher was named as Felipe Massa’s replacement at Ferrari for the European GP, while the Brazilian recovers from injury.

Unfortunately for F1 fans, Michael Schumacher has pulled out due to a neck injury and the second Ferrari will be driven by veteran test driver Luca Badoer instead.

Nevertheless, while the dream comeback from the German legend is no more, the 2009 F1 European Grand Prix will still continue on August 23 in Valencia where Brawn GP will try to get back to form after the speed bumps they’ve been having lately.

Indeed the most important element of the Valencia weekend must surely be whether Brawn GP, without the benefit of any in-season testing and restricted development time due to the mandatory factory shut-downs since Hungary, has been able to right the wrongs that have seen its astounding early season form drop away dramatically.

Team principal and technical brain Ross Brawn has become convinced that one of the modifications that they made somewhere along the line has not only not helped the BGP 001s’ progress but actually been detrimental to the car’s ability to get heat into the tires.

This problem has thus hampered the level of grip that…

Uh oh… This guy probably never heard about how you shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Yes, Rubens Barrichello is just pissed at his team after the debacle they had in Germany. For all you people who missed it, Brawn GP suffered their first non – podium finish of the 2009 F1 season and guess what, Barrichello wasn’t happy about it one bit.

Although Rubens Barrichello spent most of the season trying to be the man in Brawn GP, what he was doing after the German grand prix wasn’t putting his Brazilian ass in any favorable position with his boss Ross Brawn. (It wasn’t meant to sound as gay as it did…)

Barrichello literally unloaded on Brawn GP after losing what he thought was a race he could’ve win. In an outburst that plunged to new depths in self pity, Barrichello accused the team of throwing away victory in Sunday’s German GP.

Remarkably, Barrichello made the accusations without speaking to the team before he questioned his team’s competence to the BBC.

”Our strategy from the pitwall. The team have shown how to lose a race. I am terribly upset. I did all I could but they made me lose the race basically. I feel sorry for myself.”

”To be honest, I wish I could just go straight…”

With the lead this guy has in both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships, it was only a matter of time.

In case you’ve been missing a lot of motor sports lately, the 2009 F1 season is currently being dominated by the Brits again. And while the young British sensation Lewis Hamilton dominated it last year, another Brit is on top this year, Jenson Button.

Thanks to the magic Ross Brawn brought to the table, Jenson Button has been able to put his name on top of the race for the drivers’ championship while also putting Brawn GP on top of the constructors’ championship standings.

Cool huh? It’s understandable for these guys to feel a little confident and it was only a matter of time for one Jenson Button to, well, become a bona fide cocky sonuvabitch.

It turns out that Jenson Button is now calling himself as the best racing driver in history. Imagine that. And guess what, he already came to that conclusion after only six wins in eight races.

That’s how Button billed himself when the affable Piers Morgan, interviewing him for August’s GQ Magazine, asked the Brawn GP driver for his opinion on the greatest racing driver in history. ”Me, I’m the best,” was Button’s response. No doubt with his…

Everything is fine and dandy in the world of Formula One again.

It turns out that after weeks and weeks of controversy, the FIA and the FOTA have finally agreed on something this 2009 F1 season. For those of you who didn’t know, the FOTA threatened to quit F1 and form some sort of a breakaway championship series after the FIA’s new budget cap guidelines were proposed for next season. After a series of deliberation, the two finally kissed and makeup.

You read it, the sport’s governing body, the FIA, and the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) are finally in agreement. FIA President Max Mosley confirmed that a cost-cutting deal has been agreed upon by the two bodies, ending the threat of a breakaway series.

”There will be no split. We have agreed to a reduction of costs,” Max Mosley said. ”There will be one F1 Championship, but the objective is to get back to the spending levels of the early ’90s within two years.”

The FIA and the FOTA finally agreeing on something is excellent news to F1. After all, it was THAT CLOSE from losing all eight of its biggest names. Ferrari, McLaren, BMW Sauber, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull, Toro Rosso and this year’s big dawgs, Brawn GP, were all threatening to quit F1 and leave the championship to little critters like Force India.

Mosley knows Ferrari is already a huge draw to…

It looks like even with the threat of a breakaway championship series from eight F1 teams, Mosley ain’t giving in to their demands.

For all of you who have no idea what’s the latest buzz around the 2009 F1 season, eight F1 teams that represent the FOTA have threatened to form a breakaway championship series that will rival the FIA and their beloved F1 championship.

This is after FIA president Max Mosley made it public that he will be slapping a budget cap on the sport that should help make Formula One become an even playing field for all the teams, big or small, next season. Of course, bigger clubs like Ferrari and McLaren do not like the idea one bit and, together with Renault, Brawn GP, BMW Sauber, Red Bull Racing, Toro Rosso and Toyota, threatened to quit Formula One and form their own series.

Mosley came up with his own threat as well, threatening to engineer ”a £1 billion legal war” against the eight ”rebel teams” threatening to form their own thing and savaged their motivation in declining to sign up for the 2010 season.

”Nobody wants to start legal action,” FIA President Max Mosley said. ”But my job is to look after the interests of the FIA. You can’t go around interfering with contracts. But I don’t take the threat of the breakaway as seriously as some people do because I know that it is all posturing.”

”It’s in the interests of the teams to be in…”