Brawn GP

The Brawn GP F1 Team is a former British Formula 1 racing team. He went on 3 March 2009 from the Honda Racing F1 team and participated in the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship in part. Surprisingly, the team immediately won the drivers 'and constructors' world championship. After the successful debut season Brawn GP was in turn acquired a majority stake of Daimler AG and joined in 2010 under the name " Mercedes GP".

History

After December 5, 2008, the Honda Racing F1 Team announced his retirement, Brawn GP took over on 3 March 2009 by a management buy -out of the former Honda team boss Ross Brawn the team. Despite a grant in the amount of 130 million euros from Honda, the team had to be reduced to 450 employees. As a driver, the ex - Honda drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello were confirmed for the 2009 season. As a replacement driver the team with Anthony Davidson undertook also a former Honda employee. Ex - Honda replacement pilot Alexander Wurz was the team also loyal and worked for the new team as a technical advisor.

Brawn was initially because without sponsors, because predecessor Honda because of its Earth Dream campaign had almost all sponsorship deals run out. Even before the first race of 2009, the team presented but Richard Branson's Virgin Group as a sponsor.

Brawn GP BGP 001 chassis sat 2009, along with the Mercedes engine FO108W 2.4 V8 one.

Start of the season at the Australian Grand Prix, the team managed an unexpected and in the trade press, despite some best times at the winter testing ahead of the season as a sensation of celebration: made ​​button qualified with the first application of the team for the pole position and Barrichello on the front row completely. In the race, Brawn in the same order celebrated a double victory. Thus, a new team for the first time succeeded since Wolf 1977 Grand Prix of Argentina a triumph in the first race; a double victory in the first race of a new team, it was the last time 1954: At the time, won the Mercedes- Benz driver Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling at the Grand Prix of France.

Decisive role in the victory in Australia had but from the perspective of some competing teams, a special double diffuser with center channel, the inserting except Brawn and Williams and Toyota. The team BMW Sauber, Ferrari, Red Bull and Renault had already officially filed a protest during the race weekend. After the race stewards had refused on the ground that the said racing teams filed suit in the Court of Appeal of the FIA ​​, but who was not granted on April 14.

Also in the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang Brawn Jenson Button recorded for pole position and victory. Since the race has aborted due to heavy rainfall, there was only half points. At the following race in China, the hit series from crack first: In the pouring rain, the Red Bull Racing team drove a one -two victory, Button and Barrichello drove behind in third and fourth place. Also in Bahrain Red Bull seemed at first to be the favorite and also the factory Toyota team triumphed with personal bests in the qualifying heavily on. In addition, Brawn had to contend with cooling problems at its Mercedes- aggregates and feared premature failures due to overheating. In the race, however, Jenson Button was not deterred and secured the third win of the season.

The European launch in Spain at the Circuit de Catalunya had initially again the Red Bull team as favorites, because the car was certified the most efficient aerodynamics. Actually Shortly before the end of qualifying was a Red Bull on top of the timesheets before Jenson Button set the fastest time literally conquered at the last second with a "Chaos Round ". In the race brawn drove out an undisputed double victory that was, however, favored by the bad luck of the Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel, who was stuck behind the Ferrari of Felipe Massa during the entire race distance and so its possible race pace could not unfold. It seemed to half of the race, as if for the first time Barrichello would win a race for Brawn before a change in strategy brought button to winning ways again.

In the traditional Grand Prix in the streets of Monaco, the team coined for the first time to the excellent mechanics of his car in superiority, so that Button and Barrichello were standing on the top podium steps again. The Grand Prix of Turkey won again the button. Barrichello, who got off to a bad start, way back fell and a spin and an accident caused in his chase, the race finally had to prematurely retire due to a gearbox failure.

In the remaining ten races of the season Button could only go yet to the Grand Prix of Italy and Abu Dhabi on the podium.

Thanks to the fifth place in the Brazilian Grand Prix of Button and Barrichello in eighth place of Brawn GP was the Constructors World Championship win a race before the season ends. In the same race Jenson Button won ahead of the Drivers' Championship.

After the season, it was announced that Brawn GP sold 75.1 percent of its shares to Mercedes -Benz. Thus, the German car manufacturer acquired the majority stake in the British team in 2010 and took under his own name ( " Mercedes Grand Prix" ) in the Formula 1 World Championship in part. The name " Brawn GP" thus disappeared after only one year out of Formula 1

Facts and Figures

Statistics in Formula 1

All drivers of the Brawn GP Formula One teams

Results in Formula 1

Overview of the last staff