The controversial F1 legend that nearly missed making history: Brawn GP

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Published 2019-07-13
Back in 2009, Formula 1 experienced something of a revolution in its competitive order, which sparked off a chain of events that led directly to the grand prix scene of '19. And it largely centered around one team and one car, with one key innovation.

In this exclusive video, the full history of the Brawn GP 001 is explained - complete with footage and images from the time, as well as dedicated in-depth 3D modelling to demonstrate the car's aerodynamic strengths.

This the full story of Brawn GP.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jg1391
    Ross Brawn is such a legend. Brilliant understanding of both technical and business part of F1.
  • @captainzoll3303
    "...a person of supreme arrogance" this is coming from the team that was once run by enzo ferrari...
  • Jenson Button: used 3 chassis for whole season Pierre Gasly: destroyed 3 chassis before half season
  • @granain088
    A tribute to Ross Brawn's influence on F1 was long overdue.
  • @cooperkoliba
    I was hyped and went to the website for the model cars and my jaw dropped when I saw those prices. I cannot believe that some of them cost like 8,000$
  • BAR becomes Honda, HOnda invests £millions, pulls out of F1 , Brawn buys it for peanuts a year after they put everything into the development. Brawn capitalised on it. Brilliant car but they could hardly keep the development going through the season and the rest caught up over the season. Brawn then sells to Merc for £35m. What an ROI. One of my all time favourite seasons.
  • This shows what a great driver Jenson was... he used only one chassis all over the season, so he never had an accident
  • Ferrari always seem to complain when things aren't totally going their way!
  • Mercedes did exactly what honda/Brawn GP did, focus on the upcoming rule changes. And dominance was the result.
  • @Zack_Spades
    Love how Ferrari accused Ross Brawn part of the Ferrari superteam of the early 2000s of extreme arrogance while failing to see the damn irony of the accusation.
  • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
    Brawn joined Brabham, Tyrell, Lotus, Williams and Jordan. Being a smaller outfit making game changing innovations to the sport.
  • @Parkie355
    I have faith in Brawn’s vision for 2021 onwards
  • @Rough_justice
    I remember watching the 2009 Australian Grand Prix at a bar and knew that this car was going to be bad ass throughout the season.
  • @GEMINICT
    I read somewhere that the Brawn Double Diffuser was actually conceived by Super Aguri for their SA09 car. The team went under and the designers from the team joined Honda and Toyota who implemented it.
  • @dcarbs2979
    Ferrari basically was Brawn during the Schumacher success years. A genius strategist and technician just proved he didn't need the rest of Ferrari. But Ferrari needed him!
  • @shemshap
    im somewhat new to F1, but watching this and seeing whats been going on this season, it seems like ferrari have a knack for complaining about teams that are outperforming. talk about arrogance....
  • @platetec4636
    Jenson only just found out his Brawn car doesn’t have a gearbox.
  • @TheIndianalain
    Thank you for confirming what I said for years, on countless F1 blogs. The BGP001 was a beautifully designed car, far more than just a double diffuser. It was also magistrally driven by Jenson Button, optimally capitalizing on the car's superiority in the first part of the season (when Vettel, in a car that was not very far behind, commited errors upon errors (crash in Australia, Malaysia and Monaco, poor drive in Bahrein, Spain and Turkey) ) and managing to collect points on EVERY race of the season bar Belgium where he was crashed into by Grosjean. The perfect match!
  • @frankhardy123
    You forgot to mention the titles Brawn won when he, Rory Byrne and Michael Schumacher were at Benetton.