The Brawn GP Story That Changed Formula 1

The 2008 season was uniquely determined by current events. What started in the United States last year has now spread to all parts of the world. We are down 9%. Today there is an advantage in Frankfurt. It is down 9%. The Paris market has down 9% Austria which was briefly suspended earlier in the day is down almost 11 percent, naturally its reach left its mark on the most expensive traveling circus on planet Earth, for me it was the only cost-cutting procedure that They were implemented to combat the effects of the financial crisis. which paralyzed many industries, in addition major changes were instituted to improve the aerodynamics of cars, changes such as the introduction of the curse system, slick tires, a taller rear wing configuration that was narrower and at the same time lowered two front wings and widened them.

These, along with a few others, are intended to make overtaking a more common occurrence in F1, as a business would surely suffer, or if the team individually were nothing more than Honda, the financial collapse brought Honda to its knees. The automotive industry with Honda completely immersed in damage control were forced to suddenly withdraw from Formula One at the end of 2008, just as the grid for the 2009 season was being formed. They had two experienced drivers ready to compete in a highly developed car. that the team led by Ross Brawn fought furiously to field Rubens Barrichello. and Jenson Button on the grid.

Months passed on the team and the factory waited to find out if they had a job or not, let alone were building a race-winning car. It wasn't until March 2009 that Brawn GP was formalized after an MBO saw Braun and Nick Frey take over the team, Honda is a 109 and became BGP 0:01 before that season, the Honda team was in a run of poor results, they had six points with three and the points ended in 2007 and fourteen points with four and the final points, including a podium at Silverstone in 2008, after winning eight constructors' titles already in his career, expectations were high, the good results he was aiming for were one more reason to focus and move towards the imminent regulations that were about to change.

The grill had buried so much in the car, Braun was very aware of the performance it was capable of, but after the departure of Honda, they naturally ran out of engine, the new Brawn GP brand opted for the Mercedes engine, after having accepted the engine deal with Mercedes, they didn't. They didn't have much time to adapt the car to that new engine, they also chose to give up the curse. Honda was originally scheduled to be one of the first teams to use the system, but Braun didn't have enough time and they thought it would be that way.

It's best to focus on aerodynamics, so when we get to winter testing and everyone is talking about Braun and its hi

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, that makes sense, but that's not why everyone will be talking about Braun because of one critical element. : the double diffuser at that time of the season. Three cars were identified that used this double diffuser in quotes: the Williams FW 31, the Toyota TF 109 and the Braun BGP 0:01 the rear diffusers are what they were called, the other seven teams protested the double diffusers, the system took advantage of the Rear crash structure as a means of increasing downforce The official protest over the double diffusers was launched in the race week of the first round, which is exactly where we started the action in the first round.

In Australia, the Braun team had already impressed most of the field. We were at the top of the standings and in testing, but when Jenson Button in Rubens Barrichello led every session and took the front row with Button on pole, it was confirmed that the pace was real and that they had the advantage, and While it was the perfect start to the season, Barrichello, star of the race, was not perfect. This was one of many incidents throughout the race that would ultimately lead to what was at the time the second finish under the safety car. The other notable collision was between Sebastian Vettel and Robert Q bitsa after the race. two touches, both continued but suffered their loss of downforce, that is what would be considered incorrect, as well as being fined for continuing at the end of the race as they were still in the points.

Red Bull's problems would continue despite having one of the best cars on the grid, as Webber would be the only car in the field to be lapped. The other notable incident was between Jarno Trulli and Lewis. Hamilton was actually accused of going under the safety car that came out after the ship's debris could not. be cleared in sufficient time it was initially discovered that he had actually reached article 40 14 of the 2009 sporting regulations a firm 25 second penalty was imposed a further investigation then overturned the initial decision and his podium would eventually be restored it was confirmed that McLaren Hamilton had ordered allowed to actually buy in accordance with the Italians' initial defense as well as with Hamilton's initial comments that it was revealed that Hamilton and McLaren conveyed a different message to the stewards later, leading to an actual infringement.

Lewis Hamilton was deemed to have misled the stewards and was disqualified. Meanwhile, the Baracoa race may have failed its start, recovered beautifully and will take its highest score since the controversial 2005 US Grand Prix. The Brawn GP team turned its front row block into a one-two. A rookie team has not accomplished this feat. In more than half a century, the last thing that happened was the victory of the great Fangio in the debut of Mercedes in the French Grand Prix of 1954. Ross Brawn after the victory was cited said that after everything our team has been through for the last four months, this is pretty simple. a sensational result the results after the first round have button in Barrichello and first and second of course truly Glock followed by Alonso in the drivers' championship round to Malaysia button would continue with the pace he showed in the first round and would join in the front row a Actually, after a bad start button, he regained the places he had initially lost, as both Toyota drivers got the conditions perfect and continued their impressive start to the season by remaining at the top of the field.

They really nailed it especially the intermediates and many would follow their example. The rain would begin on lap 19 but the race would not be officially suspended until lap 33 thanks to his early recovery. Jenson Button would convert another pole in another race as this would be the second time in hi

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that a new constructor would win its first two. Consecutive Grands Prix, the other oddity would be the grid receiving half a point for only the fifth time and for me the only story is that the results after the second round Malaysia allowed him to maintain his lead with Barrichello right behind him, really Glock and Nick Hadfield were now in Fifth place at the Chinese Grand Prix would be the first time that Brahm would be absent from the top three after qualifying, as the Red Bull pair would be split by Fernando Alonso.

Rain would continue to make race weekends difficult for drivers as the race would begin. Under the safety car for the first eight laps, the poor conditions would continue and lead to a series of errors and incidents. In the end, Red Bull would finish 1-2, as Vettel did everything he could to stop Braun's dominance. Webber also achieved his best result. his career in p2 although Red Bull scored maximum points he would not be denied a podium as he finished p3 with teammate Barrichello just behind him in the drivers' championship in Baracoa leading with now Vettel jumping to third place tied with Glock and Webber.

With nine and a half points, the Constructors' Championship sees an increase for Red Bull after taking maximum points to nineteen and a half, just ahead of Toyota with 18 and a half. McLaren and BMW follow with eight and four points respectively. In the fourth round in Bahrain, the weekend started wonderfully. for the real Toyotas and watch while blocking the front row or launch strategy, although I would place them behind the button where they would remain throughout the race Sebastian Vettel would actually improve his position by one and move up to p2 Jenson would go on to win his third race of season would actually turn his pole into a third place finish to complete the podium.

Ferrari broke its streak of not finishing in the points when Kimi earned three points for his sixth-place efforts after starting tenth on the SCOOTER grid. The restart was eerily similar to their season after the 1979 double, where it took four runs to pick up a single point and although it looked like they had avoided having one of the worst starts in history, they were still very far off the pace and this was not It was a good sign to come I honestly see it too and Glock continued to impress as they take advantage of the fact that McLaren are nowhere to be found, they have had a remarkably poor start to the season, they are now just one point behind Barrichello's bronze , 50 points now placed.

They almost double the points of Redbull and Toyota with 27 and a half and 26 and a half. McLaren and Renault still follow at 13 and 5. The introduction of the European leg of the 2009 Formula One Championship saw Monaco in Spain and also upgrade packages, but no. No matter what other teams threw at them, they were no match for Braun and especially the button, what we haven't seen is the Red Boy iteration of the dual diffuser, even if it was delayed or they didn't bring it, that's what was still a challenge for victories. with or without double diffuser, so if I were Jensen I wouldn't feel too comfortable with a button held on the throttle and he stayed in the race once and took another victory taking a commanding lead in the championship at the Monaco Grand Prix which Now he was 16 points clear after his consecutive victories, the Briton was in rare air as he recorded the third best start in history at that time across six races, achieving five wins and a p3, this was only surpassed by Nigel Mansell in his 1992 FW 14 B and Michael Schumacher in his 1994 be 194, he did all this with a single engine, although more importantly Braun was still getting one, two results now with his second in a row, now that officially we are twice clear which is the closest builder that other builders would follow.

We have good news as Kimi would finally give Ferrari their first podium of the season in Monaco, round seven in Turkey. The Turkish Grand Prix is ​​where we started to see the RB 5 start to gain some ground as Fettle would take pole leading all three in the Turkish Grand Prix. In the qualifying session, the two Braun cars would be neck and neck with Mark Webber in fourth joining Rubens Barrichello on the second row. We would see action immediately at the start of the race, as Button would take advantage of a mistake by Vettel and take the lead position.

Raquello again. He would have a problem with the start as he found another problem this time with the clutch. Webber would then move up to second behind Button with Fatso and p3, which is how he would finish the race. Jenson would now be only the fifth driver in history to win. In six of seven races he would be joined by the likes of Askari Fangio Clark and Schumacher, unsurprisingly, all of these drivers would win the drivers' title and, as if McLaren needed any more proof that their car was not where it should be, Hamilton, the reigning of the world.

The champion was surpassed by Braun. It was clear that he was not the strongest McLaren ever designed. Hamilton in Kovalainen would finish defeated 13th in P 14th respectively in the eighth round of Silverstone. His action on the court intensified. Off-track talks grew louder as the conflict between the FIA ​​burning the 1 team association and Formula One management was intensifying at this point, the 2010 budget cap was becoming increasingly difficult. a sticking point as talk of a breakup became more substantial. Max Mosley, head of the FIA ​​at the time, was confident that the teams would go. to be able to reach an agreement and they would race next season, but we still have to worry about this season on the track.

Red Bull will still be strong as they brought substantial improvements to the track, resulting in a fete lounge poll and Webber and Barrichello's third division that is what would turn their poll into a win and Webber would move up one position to give Redbull a double. Barrichello would complete third place on the podium. Ferrari at this point is becoming an afterthought, but they would take 6 points, as Felipe Massa finished p4 and his teammate Räikkönen finished p8. Rosberg managed an impressive fifth place, while Button would have his worst race of the season so far in p6, adding insult to injury.

Hamilton would be surpassed again at the end of his home race. in 16th placethe Constructors' Championship is starting to tighten up a bit Braun is at 105 points with Redbull at 74 and a half Toyota at 34 and a half Ferrari follows them at 26 with McLaren at 15 and a half with Germany around 9 in the last races We have seen glimpses of what what Red Bull can do in Germany. We will see the real pace as their upgrade packages are proving to be effective. Another Red Bull would dominate the weekend, but this time it would be Mark Webber's. He got a very disputed pole position.

Both of Braun's cars would be hot on his heels and eventually Vettel would be in the second lane with Jensen and both McLarens paired in the third row. The start of the race saw a bit of wheel crashing. moving, but despite some of this, Webber would recover and eventually win the Grand Prix separated by almost 10 seconds from Vettel. Red Bull crucially won another one that ended with NASA and Rosberg displacing the hitherto dominant Braun duo into p3 and p4 respectively in Baracoa. finished ahead of Alonso and p7 as Kovalainen took the final point p8 his teammate Lewis Hamilton dropped to last place while dealing with an early puncture and the drivers' championship both Red Bull drivers skipped the bronze Barrichello relegating the Brazilian 2p4 despite of tremendous success The Braun Red Bull cars continued to push and reduced the gap to less than 20 points as Braun sat at 112 versus Red Bulls 92 and a half.

Toyota was still at 34 and a half with Ferrari at 32 and now Williams took fifth place. place in 20 and a half points the tenth round hungry as if Ferrari's luck couldn't get any worse the weekend startedI'm sad because Felipe Massa had a very serious incident in the qualifying session. The Brazilian was left unconscious with his foot still on the accelerator while he drove his Ferrari into the barrier. The culprit appeared to be a fallen piece of debris. After Barrichello's suspension that hit him in the helmet, the race weekend continued as did the battle, as Alonso and Vettel would go on to star on the front row with Webber and Hamilton completing the line; two more details emerged in Massa would not return for the session or for the race, in fact all the drivers outside of his initial start p10 moved up one place after Alonso's beautiful pole lap, unfortunately he had to retire from the race, finished losing a wheel and returned to the pits with only three and then trying to race again a fuel pump issue ended his day, that is what would force him to retire the car, as a result Hamilton would take the race and win his first Grand Prix of the season, the first since the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix.

Prix Kimi would be the runner-up and whoever gained six points to complete the podium, Nico Rosberg would move up one position and continue. It was very quiet, the impressive season so far finished in fourth position, while Button would finish in a modest seventh position at Barrichello and finish outside the points in p10 taking a look at the drivers' championship Webber and Vettel would swap places Rosberg's efforts They would take him to fifth place in the championship. Massa would eventually fully recover from that incident, but he was diagnosed with a fractured skull and was forced to sit out the rest of the season in the Constructors' Championship, and Red Bull would get closer and closer to Braun. with 114 against Red Bulls, 98 and a half.

Ferrari was still more than double Red Bull's tally with 40. Toyota was just behind Ferrari. and McLaren were trying to do everything they could to get back into the championship at round 28 11 Valencia the grid would headline Valencia for the European Grand Prix Roman grow John would officially replace Nelson Piquet Jr after he was released from Rennell this would officially start a whirlwind of controversy, we were still months away from it really breaking out, although redbull showed signs of slowing down thanks to the heat and they had a very low pace in the practice sessions, a bran would lead the first two parts of the classification and then the current champion of the world would intervene and take pole position, the second McLaren driver would join Hamilton on the front row, as Barrichello was just ahead of a surprise fourth place finish with Sebastian Vettel, who had engine problems due to the heat, but did so. surpassed to occupy a second row.

It started as the heat persisted, it was quite clear that Brawn's car seemed to be better suited, but the p5 start buttons left him in a difficult position, needing to get around Sebastian Vettel. This would prove to be an especially difficult day for Jenson, who got off to a poor start. already, but this would not be the day for the drivers at the top of the championship battle, consistent with the practice sessions, the Red Bulls were not a threat in the race and Vettel would see his engine nightmare come true as he I had a problem with the engine.

On lap 23, forcing him to retire, Webber was also unable to increase the team's tally as he finished in p9. McCulloch was the star of the show as he overtook Hamilton in the pits and was helped by a pit error by Hamilton's team not having his tyres. Suddenly, Herb Raquello took over the top position and would continue to defend his lead in the race and earn much needed points for himself and the team. Braun extended Red Bull and Barrichello returned to the fight taking advantage of Red Bull's problems. He overtakes Vettel and Webber in the drivers' championship to regain second place behind his teammate by 18 points.

Now Hamilton and Räikkönen obtained another podium finishing in second and third position respectively. The grid would conclude the European tour at Spa and then at Monza, that season's Belgian Grand Prix. In the Prix, Fisichella would start from pole, an incident on the first lap would eliminate Hamilton and Button. Barrichello would lose three positions during the race and Webber received a costly penalty for an unsafe start. Räikkönen would give a master class and tear himself apart. He rose from sixth position to become the leader of the race and finally took victory. Fisichella would only lose one place and finish b2 with Vettel just behind him, putting Sebastian three points behind Barrichello and Kimi now in fifth place.

Monza would see a return to form for the Brawn GP team and would be crucial in their title chase. They were helped by some misfortunes from the other competitors, but also put in a solid performance of their own, making it to their fourth finish of the season despite starting fifth and sixth. The one-stop strategy helped them achieve victory. Hamilton's tragedy to stop him left him trapped behind the button and second position. Barrichello, reaching the final stages of the race, went off the track and began spilling debris, causing the safety car to come out, which he was unable to reach.

Bear Keller, who crossed the finish line at the Brawn GP for the eighth time that season in first place. Hamilton's accident officially left him out of title contention. He was joined by Kimi Räikkönen, who is now mathematically eliminated from the chase leading up to the Singapore Grand Prix. which ended up being the first race all season in which neither Red Bull nor Brawn were on the podium. The race would begin with Hamilton and Rosberg leading. McLaren began to see a change in the car and performance was improving. Hamilton would be successful. He keeps the lead from him and turns his pole into a victory.

Toyota would be p2 and Alonso completed the podium and dedicated his achievement to Flavio Briatore II on the first anniversary of the crash gate after Nelson Piquet was fired a few races. Years ago and Roman Goujon replaced him, the events of that race in 2008 had come to light and had been taken to the World Motor Sport Council, which would be heard the weekend before the Singapore Grand Prix and don't forget it if you want . To see the action and all the controversy from that race, you can click on the I in the top right corner. There are only three Grand Prix left.

There are only three drivers who can possibly win the championship. Jenson Button is the leader among them with 84 points, along with Rubens Barrichello. with 69 points in Sebastian Vettel with 59 points Webber in räikkönen both are in competition but are in the top five Braun still leads the Constructors' Championship with 153 against Red Bulls 110 and a half Ferrari are only three points ahead of McLaren and that The battle It will go until the last moment with Toyota in last position with 46 and a half points in round fifteen. Japan with the drivers' championship reduced to three, it's all about who can make the fewest mistakes, at least that's how Button saw this. man who would only use one chassis so far in the entire season, but Sebastian Vettel is not out yet, he would take pole position and his teammate would start from pit lane after a chassis change really and Hamilton would take the last three places in the classification session. and Sebastian would essentially lead from start to finish with only a handful of challenging moments on the first lap.

The top three would also finish that way on a podium with Kimi and Nico Rosberg finishing p4 and p5. Brawn cars wouldn't have the best. of days and would take the last two points positions, unfortunately for Webber, he would be a regular in the pits, going on three separate occasions in four laps only after the Japanese Grand Prix. Jenson was now 14 points ahead of Barrack Hello and 16 points ahead of Etzel. It was exactly the race Sebastian Vettel needed. He was now two points behind Kelo on 71 for 69 points, but the finish had cut into the Constructors' Championship lead that Brawn enjoyed, but Webber's day did nothing to help Ferrari maintain their very marginal lead in third. place in 67 versus McLaren 65 in Toyota now on 54 and a half points around 16 Brazil, a moment that would have been truly magical for Barrichello if he could achieve it, a victory would inevitably set him up for a more dramatic conclusion in Abu Dhabi, the final.

The season round button simply had to limit mistakes and the boat had to win or be runner-up to stay in the fight for the championship, but this is Interlagos, nothing goes right, the qualifying session was chaos, it was the first time almost all the teams came out nine out of ten were represented in the round of 16 of the qualifying session Williams was the only team that would take both drivers to the final round of those remaining in the fight for the title Vettel was eliminated from q1 and button in a q2 and as if he could I would not write the drama Barrichello in Brazil would take pole just when he most needed the button would start in position 14 and Sebastian Vettel in a humble piece 16 everything seemed in order and in line directly so that Barrichello capitalized the first letter in the saw sedan.

Adrian Sutil and really mixed it up but the incident would lead to them both retiring from the race, the safety car would be deployed to cause more damage from that incident so he would now pick up Alonso and in both races these incidents allowed all the time. the likes of Button and Vettel to improve the field, the former was now in p9 after the end of the first lap, this is how he successively evaded damage after almost making contact with Kovalainen, an incident for which Kovalainen would have to pit. for your team. he would end up releasing it from the pit box with the fuel still connected.

Räikkönen, who was also in the pits, lights up the fuel trail for good measure to give Brazil a good show and fireworks as many of the drivers crucially switched to a single-seater. stop strategy drink kelo the pace began to slow and weber began to pull away weber would control the rest of the race and take the key to victory bitsa would return to the podium finishing p2 and was joined by hamilton in p3 but jenson button had done enough and His fifth place finish helped him secure the drivers' world championship and although Barrichello couldn't turn that pole in front of his home crowd into a victory, he was able to get 8th position combined with the Spanish p5 buttons, they secured the Constructors' Championship and just like that They had done the impossible, the team that was staring into the abyss and came back like a phoenix rising from the ashes to take both titles, but just because the titles were secured didn't mean the championship had come to an end.

Vettel still needed to protect his p2 honors which he had just won after the Brazilian Grand Prix heading into the final round of the 2009 season, he was only 2 points ahead of Barrichello 74 of 72 Webber and Hamilton, both had a fight, now They were in p4 and p5 in the In the drivers' championship, the other title fight to follow was the one that was building up in third place with McLaren and Ferrari. McLaren are now just one point ahead of Ferrari at 71 to 70 and that's where we find ourselves heading into the final round. They belong to Redbull and McLaren specifically Hamilton and as the practice session came to an end, the qualifying sessions were led by Hamilton.

Each session, Hamilton would take pole position and closely followed by Sebastian Vettel. Webber would start alongside Burke. Hello. and button completing the top five, the race wasrelatively clean, without many incidents and, although Hamilton had a good start and an early lead, it wasn't exactly the dominance we had seen in the other sessions, but it will stay close and close. Enough to overtake him in the pits and position himself well but he would never get that far and unfortunately for the current world champion he would end up forced to retire from the race with his car reading an error in the right rear brake which is what would end the race 17 seconds ahead of the next car, which was his teammate Mark Webber, causing the Red Bull to finish the season in fourth place after a fierce battle on the final lap, Button would be forced to settle for third position in the race, but his drivers' title remains firmly intact.

Berber Kelo's fifth place finish would officially cement his third place spot in the drivers' championship and, surprisingly, Sebastian Vettel's return wasn't good enough for a championship, but it was good enough to split the muscular duo and the second position in the drivers' championship, and despite MacLaren. Late misfortunes with Hamilton forced to retire would keep third place in the Constructors' Championship just one point ahead of Ferrari. The 2009 season saw ups and downs and firsts, it gave us controversies, thrills, it kept us guessing, proving that F1's elite can lose, but more than anything and giving us hope that F1 glory is not reserved just for one pair of teams.

For me, one can experience periods where there seems to be no hope of a shake-up, but then the Brauns happen and show us that F1's elite. can be reclassified While the world celebrated the Cinderella story that was Brawn GP's F team injuries, the next champion was lurking waiting for his next opportunity to strike, but we will soon find out how good the young German will be and we want to check it out . the action of the 2010 season. In fact, I did that review of the season. You can see it in the I in the upper right corner, as well as the review of the 2012 season.

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