Rubens Barrichello finished Friday’s practice with bad news. After achieving the sixth best time in free practice at Sepang, Brawn decided to switch transmission.

“I will fight for the pole for the sixth,” said the pilot of 36 years who receive a five position penalty on this Sunday’s race.

“The transmission problem in Australia forced the structure of the box, and we chose to change here since China and  Bahrain could be more crucial. And here we have the element of rain,” he said.

According to Barrichello, the sixth position does not reflect the actual speed of Brawn since the team trained with a lot of fuel in both cars.

“I drove with a lot of fuel, and will do the same every Friday. The car is well balanced like our rivals, because I do not think the Ferrari went without fuel, it is well and that was expected,” he said.

On the difficult phase of the team, which was forced to dismiss 270 employees this week, the Brazilian states waiting for a final implementation of an agreement with Virgin.

“We spent the week in shambles after many layoffs. We have little money, but enough to close the year. I think this will be improved when the Virgin comes to mind. I do not know to what extent is this sponsorship,” he said.

In relation to the punishment of Lewis Hamilton, Rubinho said the current world champion is very new for F-1, and the fact is so embarrassing for the category as was the case for espionage between McLaren and Ferrari, two years ago.

“Lewis is very new for F-1. I do not know the whole story, but it is very ugly for Formula 1, as was the spying case [last year]. I never lied and paid my price several times, but always slept well “, he stressed.

“We have followed many orders, but always fought for my ideals and my opinion. If it is to lie, I’d rather not talk about. Of course, in big teams like Ferrari and McLaren, the pilots can not talk about what they should,” closed.