Melbourne Grand Prix:It was an obvious comment to make, but a wholly appropriate one, as Jenson Button hailed his historic Australian Grand Prix victory as a "fairytale". Up until a few weeks ago Brawn GP did not exist, but around Albert Park in Melbourne they scored a remarkable one-two finish to open the new Formula One season in the most dramatic of circumstances.
It is the first time since 1954, when legendary five-times champion Juan Manuel Fangio led home Karl Kling for Mercedes in the French Grand Prix, that a debut team has taken the top two places.
Put into greater context, Button today scored more points in this one race than he managed in his previous 35 over two years with Honda Racing.
The fact team-mate Rubens Barrichello joined him on the podium was a feat in itself as the Brazilian was involved in a first-corner melee that led to him damaging his front wing.
Then in the closing stages, Barrichello benefited from a reckless incident involving Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica in his BMW Sauber as they crashed out when running second and third.
It led to the safety car being deployed for a second time, after an earlier accident involving Williams' Kazuki Nakajima, behind which they ran virtually to the finish for the final three laps.
It was hardly the grandstand ending Button might have hoped for when he took the chequered flag, but that mattered little in the grand scheme of things.
"Some people might say it is a pity it finished under the safety car, but I don't care. I won the race today and that is all I care about," said Button after only the second victory of his 154-race career.
"This is not just for me, but the whole team, a fairytale ending to the first race of our career together and I hope we can continue this way.
"I know we are going to fight to keep this car competitive, and with the limited resources we have, to keep it at the front.
"The whole team has done a good job, and this has to continue as this is where I think we deserve to be.
"We have worked very hard for this, so thank you very much to the team because it has been a traumatic few months for all of us.
"I can't put it out there how tough it has been, so thanks again to the team, but also to my family for being so strong as it has been difficult."
Barrichello surprised even himself by finishing runner-up, notably following his poor start when he was slow away and was swallowed up by a number of drivers.
Heading into the first corner, the 36-year-old was hit from behind, breaking the controversial rear diffuser that still casts a cloud over this result given the appeal on April 14.
Barrichello then hit BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld, who in turn caught Mark Webber in his Red Bull, McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and Force India of Adrian Sutil.
"After putting the car into second place (in qualifying) yesterday I was hoping we could finish first and second," said Barrichello.
"But right after the start, like a milli-second after the start, I never really thought we would do that.
"It was a tough afternoon, but I had a lot of adventure out there, with a lot of overtaking, so in the end I'm pleased.
"To be honest this is all a dream, really, to say we finished first and second for a new team."
Jarno Trulli, who had started from the pit lane after his Toyota and that of Timo Glock was deemed to be using illegal flexi-wings yesterday, initially finished third.
But with an unsurprising twist to a remarkable week, he was handed a 25-second penalty by stewards after the race for passing Lewis Hamilton under yellow flags.
That led to the reigning world champion, who had started 18th in a woefully uncompetitive McLaren, being elevated to third.
"We scored way more points than we could have realistically expected," said a delighted Hamilton.
"I was looking to get one, so to get six is a great achievement.
"Considering the package we have, I wrung every last ounce of pace out of the car, drove one of my best ever races and absolutely raced my heart out. I'm so satisfied."
Along with Trulli's penalty - although the team have lodged an appeal - that relegated him to 12th, Vettel was also severely punished by the stewards.
The young German has been handed a 10-place grid penalty for next week's race in Malaysia as he was accused of causing the accident with Kubica and forcing him off the track.
The team have also been fined US 50,000 dollars (£35,000) as they urged him to try and finish the race, despite the fact he only had three wheels on his car.
Behind Hamilton, the other points finishers were Glock, Fernando Alonso for Renault, Williams' Nico Rosberg and the Toro Rosso duo of Sebastien Buemi - on his debut - and Sebastien Bourdais.