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64-484: The decision to use the A23 as the base chassis for the team's debut car was in part because the team was disallowed from using BAR 's 2005 F1 car (BAR being Honda's predecessor team). From the A23, the car used a new monocoque, new aerodynamic package and rear end engine parts. The original A23 used a V10 Cosworth engine, and thanks to the new engine regulations for 2006, the engine installation had to be redesigned to accept

128-452: A full F1 manufacturer team . In addition, Jenson Button's Williams contract was bought out for US$ 30 million, and Button signed a multi-year contract with Honda. Following the sale of the team to Honda, BAT would return to Formula One in 2019 sponsoring McLaren in a "global partnership" agreement under its A Better Tomorrow campaign, relating to electronic cigarettes and related alternative smoking products. ( key ) BAR tested

192-409: A 24.9% share in the new team, which was then sold to Daimler AG in early 2011. In December 2009, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher confirmed that the main reason he decided to come out of retirement and drive for Mercedes GP was because of Brawn. It was at Benetton and at Ferrari where Brawn masterminded Schumacher's seven world titles. The start of the 2010 season was rather slow, and in

256-447: A battle between BAR and Jordan for the use of Honda engines in the long term. The car was once again designed in co-operation with Adrian Reynard despite talk of tension between him and team principal Craig Pollock. At the launch of the 002 car, Pollock himself described the 2000 season as a chance to "wipe the slate clean" following their awful first season and admitted that the team had made many mistakes in their first season. In 2000,

320-512: A factory team, but relented due to Harvey Postlethwaite 's untimely death at the beginning of the previous year. It was the first time Honda had been directly involved in Formula One since 1992. BAR did not have exclusive use of Honda engines though, as Jordan Grand Prix also used Mugen Honda power units. The following year, Jordan were given factory Honda engines, but the engine manufacturers could not supply two teams forever. This prompted

384-466: A lucrative contract for the 1999 season . Pollock had managed Villeneuve throughout his racing career. Villeneuve was joined by F1 rookie Ricardo Zonta . The car's chassis was built by Reynard Motorsport at a new factory in Brackley and was powered by Supertec (rebadged Renault ) engines. At the launch of their new car, BAR unveiled separate liveries for their cars; Villeneuve's car painted in

448-534: A modified BAR-Honda 007 car, which they intended to use in an attempt to set the land speed record for a car meeting FIA Formula One regulations. The team aimed for 400 km/h (249 mph), and had planned to attempt the record at Bonneville Salt Flats . The driver for this project was Alan van der Merwe . The modified chassis performed a shakedown test on the 10,000-foot (3.0 km) long runway at Mojave Airport in California , on 5 November 2005, under

512-447: A new record the following year. Ross Brawn Ross James Brawn OBE (born 23 November 1954) is a British Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director. He is a former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal, and has worked for a number of Formula One teams. Teams with Brawn in an essential role have won eight constructors' championships and eight drivers' championships in total. Serving as

576-668: A possible position at the Woking -based McLaren team. The FIA announced in October 2014 that Brawn would be a member of a 10-strong panel to investigate Jules Bianchi 's crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix and that the panel would report to the World Motor Sport Council in December. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in October 2016, Brawn indicated that he was ready to return to Formula 1, although in

640-601: A prior relationship with BAT sponsoring Subaru's World Rally Championship team, operated by Prodrive. 2002 was a transient season for BAR. A significant proportion of the workforce was culled while technical director Malcolm Oastler and designer Andy Green left. Villeneuve still struggled to score points and Panis also failing to reach expectations. BAR signed a deal to become Honda's only team in 2003, despite finishing behind Honda's other team, Jordan, in both 2001 and 2002. BAR brought in Jenson Button to replace Panis for

704-525: A result of the drivers betting they could take the famous Eau Rouge corner flat. Zonta sustained an injury during practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix and was unable to participate in qualifying for the race. He was also forced to miss out on the next three races due to that injury. Mika Salo , who filled in for Zonta in those three races, provided the team with its season best finish of 7th at San Marino (although Salo himself did not reach

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768-419: A second honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University . He is married to Jean. His career in motorsport began in 1976 when he joined March Engineering in the town of Bicester as a milling machine operator. Soon afterwards, he joined their Formula 3 racing team as a mechanic . Brawn was hired by Frank Williams in 1978 as a machinist for the newly formed Williams team. He quickly moved up through

832-604: A spectacular collision with Christijan Albers ' Midland at the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix . He was subsequently replaced by Montagny, who was much closer to Sato's pace. The team's increase in personnel and support from Honda allowed them to prepare the SA06 , which was used from the German GP onwards. At that stage of the season, the team were 11th in the Constructors' Championship, with no points. The Super Aguri SA05

896-550: A strategic rather than a team role. His book on strategy in Formula 1, Total Competition , was released a week later. On 23 January 2017, it was announced that Ross Brawn was appointed to the newly created role of managing director, Motor Sports, and technical director for the Formula One Group . Following the 2022 season, rumours emerged he may return to Ferrari as team principal. On 28 November 2022, he confirmed he

960-484: A vital member of the Ferrari "dream team" along with Schumacher, team principal Jean Todt , and chief designer Rory Byrne . In 2005 , Ferrari never quite found form, and had to relinquish the title to Renault , and Schumacher passed the crown to Fernando Alonso . In 2006 , Ferrari had a poor start to the season but clearly had the fastest car by the end of that season. On 26 October 2006, Ferrari announced that Brawn

1024-546: A white and red Lucky Strike livery and Zonta's carrying a blue and yellow 555 livery. The FIA deemed the dual liveries illegal under F1 regulations which state that a team's cars must carry largely identical liveries. BAR lodged a complaint with the International Chamber of Commerce (as permitted under F1's regulations) but simultaneously lodged a complaint with the European Commission. Pollock

1088-454: The 2003 Formula One season . Villeneuve's contract negotiation arguments with David Richards eventually ended with him being replaced before the end of the season by Japanese driver Takuma Sato . Honda has traditionally liked its teams to field Japanese drivers for publicity reasons in its home country. Jenson Button led a race for the first time at the 2003 United States Grand Prix . The team struggled due to its use of Bridgestone tyres. In

1152-401: The 2005 French Grand Prix , not helped by the team's use of Michelin tyres causing them to not start the 2005 United States Grand Prix . Takuma Sato had a particularly poor season, scoring just one point, and subsequently, his contract was not renewed by BAR at the end of the season. Sato was replaced in the new Honda team by former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello . Button scored in each of

1216-584: The Chinese Grand Prix . The team continued its good run from China with Schumacher qualifying fastest at Monaco , and Rosberg finishing on the podium. Towards the end of the season, the team had some lacklustre results. In the Japanese Grand Prix , Schumacher announced his retirement from Formula One, and Mercedes announced that the 2008 world champion and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was to join their line-up, pairing with Rosberg for

1280-480: The World Constructors' Championship in 1995. Despite the car being designed by Rory Byrne, Brawn was credited by much of the specialist press with being an important part of these championships, particularly in terms of devising race strategy. Brawn also persuaded Frank Dernie to join to help with car development and improve the team organisation. Brawn followed Schumacher to Ferrari in late 1996 , at

1344-634: The 2004 season, a dispute with WilliamsF1 threatened to overshadow BAR's on-track performance. Both teams believed they had a valid contract for Button in 2005 . The issue finally went to the Contract Recognition Board , which found in favour of BAR. Button was to drive for BAR in 2005, but signed a contract to join Williams for 2006. With increasing restrictions being placed upon tobacco companies' opportunities to advertise in Formula One, rumours suggested that BAT would try to sell

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1408-556: The 2013 season. 2013 started much as 2012 had ended for Mercedes, as the pre-season indicated that the car was unreliable, with Rosberg suffering from damage to his exhaust on the first day of testing in Jerez, and Hamilton suffering a brake failure on the second day. As testing continued Mercedes showed signs of pace, particularly in the final Barcelona test. At the first race in Melbourne , both Rosberg and Hamilton qualified well inside

1472-776: The A10B for the 1987 and 1988 seasons respectively and the Ford V8 powered Arrows A11 used in 1989 . Later in 1989, Brawn moved to the Jaguar Sportscar racing division, and was lead designer on the Jaguar XJR-14 which won the 1991 World Sportscar Championship . Later in 1991 Brawn returned to Formula One as technical director of the Benetton team, helping it win consecutive World Drivers' Championships in 1994 and 1995 with Michael Schumacher , and to take

1536-584: The Drivers' Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix . Brawn was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to motorsport. In November 2009, Brawn GP was bought out by Daimler AG , the parent company of Mercedes-Benz. Brawn, as majority shareholder, stood to do very well financially from the deal and remained as team principal. He and Fry kept

1600-552: The FIA's authority. To get around the ban, BAR ran one side of their cars painted in the Lucky Strike colours, and the other side in the blue and yellow of 555. BAR reverted to a more traditional style of livery for 2000 onwards. BAR had the slogan of "A tradition of excellence", which was viewed as humorous by pundits as the team had no history and therefore no such tradition at all. Adrian Reynard also made an ambitious claim that

1664-562: The car suffered from chronic reliability issues, resulting in many instances of the car failing to finish the race. This was especially the case of Villeneuve, who started the season with 11 straight retirements before his first race finish of the season at Belgium , only to twice more fail to finish the race in the European and Malaysian Grands Prix later on. The Belgian event was notable also for both Villeneuve and Zonta having similar serious crashes during qualifying sessions, reportedly as

1728-419: The chequered flag at the end of the race). During the 1999 season, BAR announced that Honda had become their engine supplier beginning in 2000. The Honda deal not only meant they would supply engines, but that Honda staff would work with the team at their Brackley base as well as received full-factory support from Honda including official team vehicles and free engines. Honda had planned to enter Formula One as

1792-498: The constructors' championship, while Hamilton and Rosberg finished fourth and fifth in the drivers' standings. On 29 October 2013, the BBC reported that Brawn would leave Mercedes at the end of the 2013 season, following disagreement about his role in the team. On 28 November 2013, it was reported that he would leave the team at the end of the year. On 1 February 2014, Brawn announced his retirement from Formula One, ending speculation of

1856-544: The corporation was convinced by Craig Pollock to provide most of the equity to purchase the Tyrrell Formula One team for £ 30 million. Pollock, Adrian Reynard and Rick Gorne were the minority partners. The deal was announced on 2 December 1997. The team was still officially known as Tyrrell in 1998, before it became BAR the following year. On 23 July 1998, BAR announced the signing of 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve away from Williams with

1920-687: The end of Schumacher's first year with the team. He was renowned for his race strategies as the team began to challenge for the championship from 1997, despite the superiority of the Williams cars that year and the McLarens from 1998 onwards. After these rebuilding years, as Ferrari technical director, he helped them regain glory when the team won the Constructors' Championship in 1999 , the first of six consecutive titles. The Brawn-guided Scuderia also powered Schumacher to five consecutive drivers' titles, from 2000 to 2004 . Brawn's contributions to this unprecedented string of titles has led many to label him as

1984-775: The first three races Schumacher managed only sixth in Bahrain , tenth in Australia , and retired in Malaysia because of a lost wheel nut, whilst Schumacher's teammate and fellow-countryman Nico Rosberg had a bit more success with the car, finishing fifth in Bahrain and in Australia, and scoring the first podium for Mercedes Grand Prix with a third place in Malaysia. The team won their first race on 15 April 2012, when Rosberg won

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2048-666: The following year while Honda attempted to sell the team. A management buy-out by team principal Ross Brawn and an engine supply deal with Mercedes-Benz resulted in a remarkable 2009 season in which Brawn GP team won the Constructors' Championship with Jenson Button winning the Drivers' Championship. Mercedes bought the team in November 2009 and as of December 2023 , the team competes as Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team . British American Tobacco (BAT) had been involved in Formula One for many years, with several of its brands being displayed on F1 cars run by various teams. In 1997,

2112-399: The last 10 races of the season, culminating in 2 podium positions. Confirmation of this improvement was shown in a skillful pass made by Jenson Button, overtaking Jacques Villeneuve at the fast Pouhon corner at Spa-Francorchamps , in the rain, and around the outside. At the end of 2005, Honda obtained 100% ownership of BAR from British American Tobacco , completing their ambition to become

2176-421: The new Honda powered BAR did show a significant improvement. It proved to be considerably more reliable than the team's previous effort, but the team still only had a best finish of 4th and the victory they had promised in 1999 still eluded them. At the end of the season, the team finished 5th in the Constructors' Championship. The progression and improvement of the team was enough to convince Villeneuve to remain at

2240-442: The new ownership, including the experienced driver line-up of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button . Brawn GP chose to source their engines for the 2009 season from Mercedes-Benz . In the first Grand Prix of 2009 in Australia , Button qualified in pole position with Barrichello in second place; they went on to finish in those positions. Of the 19 Grand Prix races of the 2009 season, Button won six and Barrichello won two, while

2304-461: The next six years. The team was named after British American Tobacco plc (BAT), which owned and sponsored it in order to display its Lucky Strike and 555 brands. The headquarters were in Brackley , Northamptonshire , United Kingdom . In mid-November 2004, Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda purchased 45% of the team, and in September 2005, purchased the remaining 55% share to become

2368-573: The next three Grands Prix and brought Mercedes their first win of the season in Monaco ; however, the victory was overshadowed by controversy after Mercedes used a then current car when undertaking a tyre test at the invitation of Pirelli shortly before the Grand Prix. The team were reprimanded by the FIA and banned from a subsequent young drivers' test but did not lose any championship points. The car continued to perform much better in qualifying than in

2432-404: The off-season they changed to rival company Michelin . Early in 2004 , the team saw a further upswing in its fortunes, Button scoring many podium finishes. He also took their first pole position at San Marino . BAR finished the season in 2nd place in the Constructors' Championship, beating every team except for Ferrari . Despite this, BAR's first win still eluded them. During the course of

2496-525: The race for the rest of the season. Hamilton took four more pole positions and Mercedes won two more races, in Britain (Rosberg) and Hungary (Hamilton). Following multiple tyre failures at the British Grand Prix, Pirelli reverted to the 2012 components after the summer break, which saw Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull win all the remaining races and the championships. Mercedes finished second in

2560-404: The race, not during the post-race scrutineering. The FIA, and later the court, disagreed. In addition to the disqualification, the team was banned for two races, a period which included the lucrative Monaco Grand Prix . The team initially indicated that they planned to fight the decision before a regular civil court but later decided to accept the verdict. Max Mosley , the president of the FIA, saw

2624-774: The ranks, working in the R&;D department with Frank Dernie and as an aerodynamicist in the team's wind tunnel . Brawn joined the Haas Lola team in 1985 and was part of Neil Oatley 's design team at FORCE that produced both the Lola THL1 and THL2 cars used by the team. With the 4 cylinder Hart engine in the THL1 and the new Ford V6 turbo powering the THL2, results were scarce against teams like McLaren and Williams with their TAG - Porsche and Honda turbo engines. This

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2688-486: The sanction as very lenient; he had wanted the team to be banned for the rest of the season. However, they were unable to prove deliberate intent to cheat as they had with BAR's predecessor, Tyrrell , in the 1984 season . When BAR returned at the European Grand Prix , the team struggled to find its feet. In stark contrast to the previous season, BAR failed to score a single point until the midway point, at

2752-447: The smaller Honda V8. The SA05 was driven by Takuma Sato , whose firing by the works Honda team had played a significant role in creating the team, and also was driven by inexperienced Japanese rookie Yuji Ide and long-term Renault test driver Franck Montagny . The team was created at short notice, partly due to Honda's unwillingness to leave the popular Sato without an F1 drive. The team, led by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki ,

2816-475: The sole owner. Consequently, BAR Honda became Honda Racing F1 Team for the 2006 Formula One season . BAT continued as title sponsor with the Lucky Strike brand, but due to new tobacco advertising regulations worldwide, pulled its sponsorship from Formula One entirely at the end of the 2006 season. Honda ran the team for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons. During 2008, the Honda RA109 was being developed for

2880-437: The supervision of safety co-ordinator executive, Jamie Hardwick. The four published times recorded in this test were 393 km/h (244 mph), 405 km/h (252 mph), 410 km/h (255 mph) and 413 km/h (257 mph). However, these tests did not constitute the record attempt itself and waterlogging of the salt flats resulted in the attempt being postponed. The chassis was used by BAR's successor, Honda, to set

2944-543: The team finished in both first and second places in four races and in podium positions in eleven races. The Brawn team was given a financial boost on the eve of the Australian Grand Prix when Virgin boss Richard Branson announced he was going to become a team sponsor. The team then got a second sponsor on board, the Swiss brokers MIG Investments. Brawn GP won the 2009 Constructors' Championship and Button won

3008-507: The team in November 2009, making Brawn team principal and co-owner with Nick Fry . In 2011, Brawn and Fry sold the remaining shares to Mercedes Benz, with Brawn remaining as team principal. In November 2013, it was announced that Brawn would step down, and leadership would be handed over to Paddy Lowe and Toto Wolff . Following speculation linking him with other teams, Brawn announced his retirement from Formula One in February 2014. Brawn

3072-560: The team would win a race in their debut season. In a disastrous maiden season, BAR failed to score a single point in the Constructors' Championship, being the only one of the eleven teams that season not to do so. The car was relatively quick and often qualified in the midfield, as seen especially in the Spanish Grand Prix , where Villeneuve had briefly been in third place ahead of the Ferraris before pitting in. However,

3136-424: The team. Villeneuve reached the podium twice in 2001 for BAR, but neither he nor his new teammate Olivier Panis 's results were consistent enough. Under pressure from British American Tobacco, Pollock resigned on the eve of the launch of the 2002 car and was replaced as team principal by David Richards . Richards' Prodrive company was also awarded a five-year management contract to run BAR. BAT and Prodrive had

3200-484: The team. In mid-November 2004, BAR announced that Honda had purchased 45% and, as part of the deal, David Richards left to be replaced by Nick Fry as team principal. Prodrive's management contract was also terminated early. The start of the 2005 season didn't go according to plan for BAR, as they struggled in the "flyaway" races at the start of the season. Just as they became competitive in San Marino , BAR Honda

3264-406: The team. The car was predictably the slowest during pre-season testing, but a new aerodynamic package was introduced before the first race in Bahrain which brought the team closer to the others. Although the car was on average the slowest, it was not by a big margin, and Sato impressed by racing with faster cars. Ide, however, was out of his depth, and his Super Licence was taken away in part after

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3328-644: The technical director of the championship-winning Benetton and Ferrari teams, he earned fame as the "mastermind" behind Michael Schumacher 's seven world championship titles. He took a sabbatical in 2007 and returned to F1 for the 2008 season as team principal of Honda . Brawn acquired the Honda team in early 2009 to form the Brawn GP team, which won the Formula One Constructors' and Drivers' Championships in that year. Mercedes bought into

3392-709: The top 10, with Hamilton finishing fifth, whilst Rosberg suffered more problems with his car, eventually retiring. In the second race of the season, Mercedes finished third (Hamilton) and fourth (Rosberg), amid a controversial Malaysian Grand Prix . Brawn spoke to both drivers over team radio asking them to hold position for fear of high degrading Pirelli tyres and a lack of fuel on board both cars. The third race at China established Mercedes' pace as title contenders when Hamilton took Mercedes' second pole position in two years at China whilst Rosberg qualified fourth. Hamilton went on to finish in third place but Rosberg again had to retire with an anti-rollbar failure. Rosberg took pole at

3456-1096: Was born in Ashton-under-Lyne , Lancashire, England. He became interested in engineering during his early years, often visiting Belle Vue Stadium to watch various forms of motor racing. He moved south aged 11 as his father took a job near Reading , Berkshire, and he subsequently attended Reading School in the town. In 1971, he was taken on as a mechanical craft apprentice by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at its Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, Oxfordshire , where he qualified as an instrument mechanic. He went on to start an HNC in Mechanical Engineering, still funded by Harwell. Living in Reading, he found an advertisement for Frank Williams Grand Prix , which were based in Reading at that time; he

3520-438: Was completed, with Brawn taking a controlling 54% stake. They announced entry to the 2009 Formula One World Championship under the new name Brawn GP . Minority shareholders were CEO Nick Fry (31%), former Honda finance chief Nigel Kerr (8%), former Honda head of Human Resources John Marsden (3%), former Honda legal counsel Caroline McGrory (3%), and former Honda director Gordon Blair (1%). Many aspects of Honda were retained under

3584-477: Was despite the cars generally being regarded by most in the Formula One paddock as being the best handling cars on the grid, as well as having 1980 World Champion Alan Jones and former factory Ferrari and Renault driver Patrick Tambay as the drivers. When the team left Formula One at the end of the 1986 season, Brawn moved to Arrows . There, he designed the Megatron powered Arrows A10 and its update,

3648-427: Was disqualified for running with illegal cars. The allegation was that the cars were able to race with their total weight below 605 kg (1323 lb), the minimum weight required for a Formula 1 car. BAR disputed this, saying that the engine required a minimum of 6 kg (13 lb) of fuel to work, thus keeping them above the minimum weight. Their interpretation of the rules was that this limit applies only during

3712-548: Was funded by Honda and used Honda engines. The chassis, however, was based on the Arrows A23 from 2002 , which the team purchased from Paul Stoddart , who had in turn bought these cars after the Arrows team collapsed and used them for developing a new Minardi known as the " PS04 ". The gearbox was also from Arrows , as was the suspension design, which was unchanged from 2002. The year was one of exploration and learning for

3776-482: Was interviewed by Patrick Head . Williams were looking for a milling machinist which was one of the skills he learnt at Harwell. Brawn lives in Stoke Row , near Henley-on-Thames . In his spare time he enjoys gardening, fishing and listening to music. In 2006, Brawn received an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering (DEng) from Brunel University for his services to motorsport. On 18 November 2011, Brawn received

3840-726: Was retiring from Formula One. In 2010, Brawn, a member of the RNLI , set up the Brawn Lifeboat Challenge to fund a new lifeboat for the River Thames in London. The venture raised £360,000 in 8 months and the new E-class lifeboat Brawn Challenge was launched in September 2012. In 2014, he became a patron of Hope for Tomorrow , a charity which provides NHS trusts with mobile cancer care units so that they can provide cancer treatment in local communities. Brawn escaped

3904-556: Was summoned to the World Motor Sport Council to explain the team's behaviour. A potential fine and/or ban was averted when Pollock agreed to abide by the F1 arbitration process, admitted that in filing the complaint to the EC his lawyers had acted independently and that declarations made in the claim did not reflect his personal views. He also apologised to the Council and reiterated his acceptance of

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3968-492: Was the first non-Brackley Honda -powered F1 car since the Jordan EJ12 . ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) British American Racing British American Racing ( BAR ) was a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. BAR began by acquiring Tyrrell , and used Supertec engines for their first year. Subsequently, they formed a partnership with Honda which lasted for

4032-467: Was to become the new team principal of Honda . He started working with the British-based team on 26 November 2007. With the withdrawal of Honda from Formula One announced in late 2008, Brawn was effectively out of the sport unless a buyer could quickly be found. This was unfortunate for Brawn as he believed that the team had a "race-winning car" for 2009. On 5 March 2009, a 100% buy-out of Honda

4096-401: Was to leave the team. It was believed that he would take a one-year sabbatical to allow other members of the Ferrari technical departments to advance within the team. Towards the end of 2007, it was reported that Brawn was to join the big-spending Red Bull outfit as part of a package intended to attract double world champion Fernando Alonso . On 12 November 2007, it was announced that Brawn

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