The Highs and Lows of Brawn GP

Men in Cars: The History of Motorsport, With or Without Men

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The Highs and Lows of Brawn GP

Miriam Fielding

Jul 21, 2023

This week we will be talking about the Brawn GP Formula 1 team, probably the only team whose history I can aptly cover in a 30 min episode. Listen along to learn about the unusually swift fall, rise and then fall again of the only team in F1 history with a 100% championship win rate.

SOURCES:

Busting the myth of Brawn GP's legendary double diffuser - ESPN

BBC - Andrew Benson: The remarkable story of Brawn GP

Brawn GP engineers ‘thought we’d got our sums wrongs’ ahead of fairytale start to 2009 season | Formula 1®

Was Brawn's BGP 001 really the defining car of 2009? (motorsport.com)

Jenson Button | Formula 1®

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