Something amazing happened in Formula 1 in Brazil yesterday. The result that occured had long been expected, even from the first race back in Australia, but yesterday Brawn GP and their British driver Jenson Button proved all of their doubters wrong, by becoming World Champions.
Brawn were clearly the underdogs going into this Formula 1 season. Their previous owners Honda had decided late in 2008 that they were pulling out of the expensive sport, leaving a team without financial backing, or an owner. At the last minute Ross Brawn stepped in with a management buyout, putting everything he had on the line. The team still had it’s drivers, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. They stuck with the team despite the uncertainty, trusting Brawn would pull the team through.
As pre season testing kicked off, Brawn were absent for the most part, using the last sessions available to them to test their new car. What happened then alarmed alot of the teams, they were fast, really fast. The big teams, clutching for reasons why focussed on the rear diffuser that Brawn had deployed. Many said Brawn’s interpretation of the rules was too much, with others saying they had merely been more clever than the other teams.
