Despite Raikkonen's improvement, the weekend was all about Felipe Massa and Jenson Button. The Ferrari driver could only manage a single press conference appearance, but used that to good effect by increasing his average to 4.5 per event with an impressive five 'for sure's' in that time. However, it was Brawn GP's Jenson Button that astounded viewers, the Briton increasing his total count by an astonishing 12 FS's, eight of which came in a single press conference.

It seems that everything is going right for Button at the moment, but the same isn't true for team mate Rubens Barrichello, who failed to get a single 'for sure' over the entire weekend, despite having two opportunities.

A relative newcomer to F1, Sebastien Bourdais got off the mark in his second conference of the year, jumping straight to fourth in the championship with three utterances of the magic phrase.

Special mention has to be made of Adrian Sutil. The Force India driver stunned onlookers by getting 'for sure' in to a sentence within 6.9s of the first question being asked, a time that will be very difficult to beat.

Mark Webber continues to disappoint, failing to appear in any monitored press conference over the weekend, and languishes in last place. Red Bull really do need to work hard on their For Sure strategy, as Sebastian Vettel also had a poor weekend, struggling to manage a single 'for sure' on the Wednesday press call. After a total of 15 appearances, Red Bull prop up the table with just three recorded 'for sure's'.

"There's clear evidence that Red Bull are struggling to integrate the latest developments in For Sure usage in to their team, although a step upgrade was seen at Monaco," explained F1 language consultant Elaine Conedoff. "By the time the F1 circus hits Turkey, we expect to see quite an improvement, but it will require a lot of effort from the Red Bull press office if the drivers are to catch Felipe Massa."

F1's language standards adjudicator, Major Nameup, remains displeased with developments thus far. "We are acutely aware of the efforts Jenson Button is going to undermine our efforts to outlaw the use of the words 'for' and 'sure' when placed together unnecessarily in a sentence. As a role model to the country, and indeed the world, he really should be making more of an effort to avoid the use, so we can only assume his current record is intentional. This cannot continue as it is but, at the end of the day, I go to sleep."

RealBrawnGP.com For Sure World Championship 2009
Pos		Driver	Team	Events	For Sure	FS/Ev*
1		Massa	Ferrari	2	9	4.50
2		Button	Brawn GP	12	39	3.25
3		Hamilton	McLaren	3	8	2.67
4		Bourdais	Toro Rosso	2	3	1.50
5		Alonso	Renault	3	4	1.33
6		Raikkonen	Ferrari	4	5	1.25
7		Buemi	Toro Rosso	1	1	1.00
-		Piquet	Renault	1	1	1.00
-		Sutil	Force India	1	1	1.00
10		Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	2	1	0.50
-		Kubica	BMW Sauber	2	1	0.50
12		Vettel	Red Bull	10	3	0.30
13		Barrichello	Brawn GP	7	2	0.29
14		Trulli	Toyota	5	1	0.20
15		Fisichella	Force India	1	0	0.00
-		Kovalainen	McLaren	1	0	0.00
-		Nakajima	Williams	1	0	0.00
-		Rosberg	Williams	1	0	0.00
19		Glock	Toyota	3	0	0.00
20		Webber	Red Bull	5	0	0.00

* The RealBrawnGP.com For Sure World Championship monitors the official FIA press conferences. The Thursday, Friday, Qualifying and Race conferences from each Grand Prix weekend are counted, but only for driver appearances. An 'event' is defined as one such press conference, and the total usage of 'for sure' over the season will be divided by the total number of events a driver has participated in to produce a For Sure per Event figure. In the event of a draw, the driver with the least 'events' will take the lead, they having been given fewer opportunities to use the vital phrase.

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