#ross brawn

[keepthedelta]

you can launch a mercedes but you'll never be them

#happy mercedes launch day to all who celebrate #throwback to the smartest cuntiest most unhinged f1 lineup of all time #mercedes would be nothing without you #nico rosberg #ross brawn #michael schumacher

[multiseb21]

“Are you watching the Brawn GP documentary just because it’s a gathering of DILFs?”

#I am a certified old man fucker™️ #SO MANY DILFS IN ONE PLACE!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF #YENSON MY FRIEN! #JAMES CONSONANTS #MARK WEBBA! #…ross brawn 👀 #before you come for me…I’m pirating it #formula 1 #jenson button #mark webber #ross brawn #brawn gp #james vowles #keanu reeves

[jamesvowles]

Ross Brawn, Jenson Button, Andrew Shovlin, Germany 2009 | Charles Coates

#f1 #ross brawn #andrew shovlin #jenson button #image stuff #ooooh who has allll these images and now has an excuse to post themmmm oooo definitely not tumblr user jamesvowles oooooooooooooo #shovson

[toteskiwi]

Throwback: Brawn GP

#my Brawn GP underdogs #achieved the unachievable #brawn gp #Ross brawn #Jenson button #Andrew Shovlin #peter bonnington #Bono #Riccardo musconi #rubens barrichello #formula 1 #f1 #james vowles #jock clear #Ron meadows

[feraltwinkseb]

March 31, 2002 - Sao Paulo, Brazil Source: Andreas Rentz/Bongarts/Getty Images

#itty bitty kitty #michael schumacher #ross brawn #ferrari #f1 #formula 1 #2002

[lesharl-eclair]

nando in every colour

#f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #lewis hamilton #carlos sainz jr #lance stroll #george russell #ross brawn

[racingliners]

Jenson Button's post-race team radio after winning the Australian Grand Prix - Sunday 29th March 2009

transcription under the cut

Jenson: Ahhh haha!

Andrew Shovlin: Get in there well done! Great result Jenson. Mix one please, mix one and pick up rubber

Ross Brawn: Sensational job, sensational job Jenson. Fantastic, well done, you deserve it.

Jenson: Cheers Ross, can you say a big well done to Rubens as well to fight back from there, fantastic. Thank you so much guys I mean an interesting race where we stayed up front the whole way. Wasn't perfect but you know it's good for the future to score today. But thank you so much I mean this win means so much to me after the Winter we've had, thank you, you're all legends. This is gonna be a great year. Thank you.

#god why were all of Jenson's radios so garbled 😭 #It took me 4 separate listens on two different head/earphones to transcribe this #Formula 1 #Australian Grand Prix #2009 #Australian Grand Prix 2009 #Team Radio #Jenson Button #Andrew Shovlin #Ross Brawn

[gonnaupdatethisrandomly]

Everyone leaving after Friday's drivers briefing, I think..

#charles leclerc #lewis hamilton #mick schumacher #sebastian vettel #esteban ocon #max verstappen #lance stroll #ross brawn #valterri bottas #sergio perez #kevin magnussen #alex albon #fernando alonso #george russell #carlos sainz #yuki tsunoda #zhou guanyu #daniel ricciardo #lando norris

[manykinsmen]

If JB stayed in Brawn turned Mercedes, and was the one partnered with Nico instead of Schumi then Lewis, do you think Nico would've stayed? Do you think the Mercedes domination could've run longer? 🥹

Okay, so Brawn was an absolute freak accident, to put it politely. It’s the only team to have won 100% of the championships it entered (one). Ross Brawn put his own money into preventing the BAR-Honda team from financially collapsing and making hundreds, if not thousands, if people unemployed. It made sure that Jenson Button and Rubén’s Barrichello could stay in F1. He actually paid only £1 for the team from Honda but financing it for the next year would drain basically all of his money. In many ways it was an act of supreme kindness as Ross Brawn was not the wealthiest of team principles.

Basically he knew he had enough money to finance the team for a year and afterwards it would collapse unless they could find another owner to buy them out. The year was less about winning a championship and more about just keeping a ship afloat. The vice-president of the FIA, in a bizarre moment of kindness for them, actually waived the entry fee for the team. They lost their engine supplied when Honda pulled out but managed to broker a deal with Mercedes (who would buy them out at the end of the year). At one point there were strong rumours that they would have to bring in a pay driver with serious sponsors, I think Bruno Senna was the name floating around, and kick either Jenson or Rubens, but fortunately they stuck to their guns and kept both. They fit KERS in a panic not knowing what it did. They were allocated the final pit lane numbers of 22 and 23.

Basically it was an absolutely insane that they won, especially with a driver that didn’t have a previous WDC. The money from winning could have potentially kept them afloat for one more year but if they didn’t win again they were financially finished. Even the drivers had made other arrangements for the next season, with the blessing of the team, fearing the team would collapse. Rubens had signed on at Williams and Jenson had muscled his way into the McLaren contract earmarked for Nico Rosberg.

Basically, a lot of stuff would have had to happen for it to be Jenson and Nico at Mercedes come 2010. Nico’s contract at McLaren would have had to fall through entirely for other reasons than being poached by Jenson. Jenson would have had to be insane not to have an insurance policy for team collapse. Mercedes also liked the appeal of having two German drivers and the return of Schumacher from retirement (he’d filled in at Ferrari in 2009 for Felipe Massa after his head injury - people forget about that, Felipe Massa had to have brain surgery and almost died) and might not have bought the team at all if it couldn’t sign him.

Hypothetically, you could have had a situation where you had Lewis and Schumi at McLaren (although this would have meant Schumi betraying his Ferrari roots - the McLaren-Ferrari rivalry was going strong at this point) and Jenson and Nico at Mercedes. A further possibility might have been, in the event of Massa’s death or continued ill-health, Jenson at Ferrari with Alonso and Lewis and Nico at McLaren fighting an earlier and weirder silver war.

Mercedes domination wouldn’t have happened any earlier. Fundamentally they needed a few seasons of prep to find their feet and no driver could have made the pre-Turbo-Hybrid car a championship winner.

#nico rosberg #jenson button #brawn gp #mercedes #ross brawn #michael schumacher #felipe massa #lewis hamilton #mclaren #ferrari #rubens barrichello

[aworldinsideofthem]

Recommend this episode of the PitStop podcast with Ruth Buscombe who was head of race strategy at Alpha Romeo and has worked for Ferrari and Haas. Really interesting behind the scenes stories. And yes okay she also says nice things about Charles but it’s a great listen for many reasons.

“The first time he sent me an email I printed it out because it was one of the greatest moments of my life.” - on receiving an email from Ross Brawn

#f1 #ruth buscombe #charles leclerc #Ross brawn #Lewis Hamilton #pitstop podcast #my main f1 podcast rec #is P1 with Matt and Tommy #but these guys are fun too #Youtube

[lewisinho]

‘nighttime chill’ is putting it mildly, they are not a serious organisation that’s for sure

#they did not think this through 💀 #and apparently it’s going to rain and snow #we need to brace ourselves for an absolute shitshow #ross brawn #las vegas gp 2023 #f1 #fia #lewis hamilton

[georgegraphys]

Bring Brawn GP back

#george russell #gr63 #ross brawn

[jamesvowles]

Ross Brawn & James Vowles, Germany 2013 | Patrik Lundin

#ross brawn #james vowles #f1 #image stuff #hehehehehehe \(^_^)/

[princemick]

MICHAEL 1997 Austrian GP, saturday photo by Claire Mackintosh

#f1 #michael schumacher #edited** #michaelschumacheredit #fer.schumi #austria97 #ross brawn

[feraltwinkseb]

July 11, 2004 - Silverstone, UK Source: JEAN-LOUP GAUTREAU/AFP via Getty Images

#ok baby #michael schumacher #ross brawn #f1 #formula 1 #ferrari #2004

[sixbucks]

If you’ve followed sixbucks for more than 12 seconds you’ve figured out that I love me some Formula 1 and I may love the Keanu Reeves even more. Something else I appreciate? A good underdog story.

So my afternoon has been well-spent watching Brawn: The Impossible Formula One Story.

Please enjoy this photo of unhappy Rubens Barrichello.

#if Hulu wasn’t a bitch I’d also have a lovely headshot of Mark working his silver fox mode #jenson button #ross brawn #rubens barrichello #keanu reeves #brawn the impossible formula one story #1990