The remarkable story of Brawn GP
10-19-2009, 04:36 PM
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
The remarkable story of Brawn GP
Amazing, they only had 1 spare chassis for both drivers all season and reported to be fairly hodgepodged shoehorning the merc engine in. Wonder how fast it would have been had they had actually had the merc engine during the design phase?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewben..._of_brawn.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewben..._of_brawn.html
10-19-2009, 05:54 PM
#5
Team Owner
no from what they said on Speed they basically had to pay the 400 people at Brawn due to England's labor laws about closing down. Here in the USA over X number employees you have to give notice on layoffs. Not sure but sounded like they had to pay full or partial salaries.
I guess Honda may have made a deal with Brawn to keep it alive for a later sale, just my guess. Richard / Virgin Air was paying 250,000 per race but then backed out for later races forgot when he pulled the plug. I would guess 250 doesn't go far in that business of F-1
I guess Honda may have made a deal with Brawn to keep it alive for a later sale, just my guess. Richard / Virgin Air was paying 250,000 per race but then backed out for later races forgot when he pulled the plug. I would guess 250 doesn't go far in that business of F-1
10-19-2009, 05:58 PM
#6
Team Owner
Can't wait to see US F-1 Team roll out. Wonder who will take Peter's job on the track interviews?
You know the other 3 guys in the booth never leave the USA to go to a race they just announce from the studio here in the USA.
10-19-2009, 06:15 PM
#7
Melting Slicks
The story of Brawn is amazing, but I hate Jenson Button. He didn't deserve to win the championship this year with his driving for the 2nd half of the season.
10-19-2009, 07:33 PM
#8
Racer
Thread Starter
BTW, both customer teams of renault and mercedes beat the factory teams/partners this year (renault and mcclaren).
I can't imagine bringing out a team with a car that's just supposed to be tested at the end of this year, and will be doing battle in 3-4 months after that, with world championship winning teams that have decades of experience and oceans of data/previous technology to build on. Uphill battle for sure, but I will be pulling for 'em
2010 should be interesting if nothing else!
10-19-2009, 07:53 PM
#9
Le Mans Master
It is always interesting to study effective leaders for signs of
the essence their greatness is founded upon.
From drivinhard's link in the OP:
the essence their greatness is founded upon.
From drivinhard's link in the OP:
The remarkable story of Brawn GP
By Andrew Benson
BBC 2009.10.19
Brawn has now won nine F1 drivers' titles and eight constructors'
championships with three different teams - adding his own to Benetton
and Ferrari. Button is the first driver other than Michael Schumacher to
be crowned under his guidance. But pinning down exactly what makes
the softly spoken 54-year-old Englishman the best technical manager
in F1 is surprisingly difficult.
"It's amazing - it's all very subtle," says the Brawn insider. "It's almost
like you don't know he's doing it.
"He has meetings, and he talks about how he thinks things should be
done in the future and so on, and because his reputation is second to
none, you don't question where it's coming from. But he doesn't come
into the drawing office very much.
"He doesn't tell everyone what to do, he just leaves us to get on with
it. He's not autocratic by any stretch of the imagination. He just gives
people the confidence to do what they can do, and removes their
concerns as they come up.
"The big thing is having the technical organisation he wants and letting
them get on with it. It's a strange thing, because it's the same bunch
of people who last year designed a dog."
.
By Andrew Benson
BBC 2009.10.19
Brawn has now won nine F1 drivers' titles and eight constructors'
championships with three different teams - adding his own to Benetton
and Ferrari. Button is the first driver other than Michael Schumacher to
be crowned under his guidance. But pinning down exactly what makes
the softly spoken 54-year-old Englishman the best technical manager
in F1 is surprisingly difficult.
"It's amazing - it's all very subtle," says the Brawn insider. "It's almost
like you don't know he's doing it.
"He has meetings, and he talks about how he thinks things should be
done in the future and so on, and because his reputation is second to
none, you don't question where it's coming from. But he doesn't come
into the drawing office very much.
"He doesn't tell everyone what to do, he just leaves us to get on with
it. He's not autocratic by any stretch of the imagination. He just gives
people the confidence to do what they can do, and removes their
concerns as they come up.
"The big thing is having the technical organisation he wants and letting
them get on with it. It's a strange thing, because it's the same bunch
of people who last year designed a dog."
10-19-2009, 08:24 PM
#12
Who in your opinion deserved the championship, and what if Button wins in Abu Dhabi?
That being said, my favorite driver is Raikonnen.
10-19-2009, 08:53 PM
#13
Racer
Thread Starter
10-19-2009, 09:48 PM
#14
Team Owner
Can't wait to see US F-1 Team roll out. Wonder who will take Peter's job on the track interviews?
You know the other 3 guys in the booth never leave the USA to go to a race they just announce from the studio here in the USA.
You know the other 3 guys in the booth never leave the USA to go to a race they just announce from the studio here in the USA.
Those guys are I think the best set of commentators on air right now. They are very casual and if they put DD in the middle of it I'd take bets on how long until someone punches him out on the grid.
10-19-2009, 10:14 PM
#15
Melting Slicks
A race is a race whether it is at the begining of the season or the end, the Brazilian GP is not more important than Monaco. It's hard for me not to like someone that has been so dominant during any part of the season, not to mention that he is a gentleman that alot of our American drivers (and citizens for that matter) could learn from. He deserves everything he has gotten.
Who in your opinion deserved the championship, and what if Button wins in Abu Dhabi?
That being said, my favorite driver is Raikonnen.
Who in your opinion deserved the championship, and what if Button wins in Abu Dhabi?
That being said, my favorite driver is Raikonnen.