Brawn and Button – who needs who the most?

There has been a lot of talk this week about Jenson Button’s contract talks with the Brawn team. Proving what an unsentimental business this is, the champagne soaked clothes are barely back from the dry cleaners and both sides are publicly playing hardball. It’s a question of who needs who the most.

The team have come [...]

Barrichello masterpiece beats Button in Monza

Rubens Barrichello took his second victory in three races at the Italian Grand Prix, heading home team mate Jenson Button. It was a beautifully judged performance all weekend from the 37 year old, to put his team mate in the shade. Whereas Button hit the ground running at the start of the season, since [...]

Why would Mercedes take a stake in Brawn?

I must admit when I saw the story in the Telegraph this morning suggesting that Mercedes might be buying into the Brawn team I wasn’t sure. On the face of it, why would they need to do that, when they already have a 40% stake in McLaren?

It seems all the more intriguing that they should [...]

Brawn looks to 2010 with confidence

Over the weekend I heard that the Brawn team had signed a new sponsor for 2010 and had some off the record chats about it with some of the people there.
Today I see that the story is in the open as Autosport has got Nick Fry to talk on the record about it,
“We’ve signed some [...]

No quick fix for Brawn’s car woes

I was interested to see some quotes from Jenson Button’s race engineer Andrew Shovlin in a story on the BBC website about what the team has done to send it’s 2009 challenger down the wrong path on development.
Since Jenson Button’s last win, in Turkey three races ago, he has not featured in the top [...]

Button getting worried as Brawn take wrong direction

Jenson Button has seen his championship lead diminish badly in the last three races. He has scored six points since Turkey, while Mark Webber has scored 24 and Sebastian Vettel 18. At four points per race, as he lost here in Budapest, he will lose the title lead by Japan.
Brawn had a third bad result [...]

Button in Budapest: “No excuses”

Jenson Button was his usual honest self at his press briefing today in Budapest, facing up to the challenge and giving an insight into the level of research he has done into the track and how it suits the opposition.
On Red Bull he said something very interesting, which is that he hopes the updates Brawn [...]

Webber powerplay heaps pressure on Brawn

Mark Webber took the first win of his long career today in commanding style, surviving a drive through penalty for ramming Rubens Barrichello at the start to take the chequered flag and give Red Bull its third win of the season. Webber’s Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel was second and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa third.

We [...]

Some good news…

Hi James,
Got this message today from one of my readers, Charlie. Put a smile on my face and hope it will do for you too.
“James, Do you remember me taking your advice and putting £20 on Brawn to win the Championship? at 15-1? well I got this email from Paddypower this morning:
…..With the British Grand [...]

3 minutes with…Ross Brawn

Ross Brawn took part in a teleconference today ahead of the weekend’s British Grand Prix.
It’s been a stunning first half of the season for Brawn, with six wins from seven races and 16 trophies in the cabinet. Jenson Button is on target to win the world championship. If things carry on as they have so [...]

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