Brawn GPS Sweep der Formula -1 driver and designer championships 2009 During the only season of the competition, one of the most sensational stories in racing history remains. One of the cars of this historical season is the auction.
Put a feature -Los at a Bonhams auction that takes place on May 3 during the F1’s 2025 Miami Grand Prix Weekend, Brawn GP Chassis 001/01 is one of only three complete cars built by the team. According to the auction house, a Brawn -GP 001 was offered for the first time.
2009 Brawn GP Chassis 001/01 (picture about Bonhams)
Brawn GP is the ultimate F1 outsider story. After a successful stay in Ferrari during the Michael Schumacher -ära, Ross Brawn was brought as a technical director of the Honda Factory team with the engineer, which hoped to be a similar turn. With the most important changes in the rule for 2009, Brawn decided to sacrifice the efforts of the team in 2008 and to concentrate on a new car that was designed on these changes to the rules.
After the 2008 financial recession, Honda took off the F1. Brawn and CEO Nick Fry took over the team and secured Mercedes engines For his almost completed chassis, which would run as a BGP 001. Brawn’s strategy, since the car was the class of the field in the early race, partially helped by a double diffuser, which was also used by Williams and Toyota, but later protested by the larger teams, all of which had all these outdoor-generators tricks.
Jenson Button and Rubens Barichello finished the Australian Grand Prix of the season opening 1: 2, the first of six victories for button this season. But victories and podiums were later dried out in the season, since other teams – especially Red Bull – to develop their cars – were something that Muth could afford to do with his shoe budget.
2009 Brawn GP Chassis 001/01 (picture about Bonhams)
Nevertheless, Button was able to secure the driver’s championship at the penultimate race in Brazil, a result that also brought in the constructors of the championship for Brawn. The team was then bought by its engine supplier, who turned into the Mercedes Factory Team for the 2010 season and won a number of seven drivers and eight constructors during the time Hybrid era the F1.
The car for auction was driven by Barichello on four podiums and nine top 10 positions. At the end of the season it was then given to button to meet a clause in the British contract. So far it has stayed in Button’s collection. The other two chassis remain with muscles and Mercedes.
