Brawn at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the clothes of his own team Brawn GP
Born
Ross James Brawn
(1954-11-23) 23 November 1954 (age 69)
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)
Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director (2017–2022) Formula One team technical director/team principal (1991–2006, 2008–2013)
Employer
Formula One Group
Spouse
Jean Brawn
Ross James BrawnOBE (born 23 November 1954) is a British Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director.[1] He is a former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal, and has worked for a number of Formula One teams. Teams with Brawn in an essential role have won eight constructors' championships and eight drivers' championships in total. Serving as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton and Ferrari teams, he earned fame as the "mastermind" behind Michael Schumacher's seven world championship titles. He took a sabbatical in 2007 and returned to F1 for the 2008 season as team principal of Honda.[2]
Brawn acquired the Honda team in early 2009 to form the Brawn GP team, which won the Formula One Constructors' and Drivers' Championships in that year. Mercedes bought into the team in November 2009, making Brawn team principal and co-owner with Nick Fry. In 2011, Brawn and Fry sold the remaining shares to Mercedes Benz, with Brawn remaining as team principal. In November 2013, it was announced that Brawn would step down, and leadership would be handed over to Paddy Lowe and Toto Wolff. Following speculation linking him with other teams, Brawn announced his retirement from Formula One in February 2014.[3]
^"Brawn and Bratches join F1 in sporting and commercial roles". Formula 1. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^"Brawn joins Honda as team principal". Autosport. 12 November 2007.
^Johnson, Daniel (1 February 2014). "Ross Brawn announces retirement from Formula One to end speculation linking him with McLaren". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
Ross James Brawn OBE (born 23 November 1954) is a British Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director. He is a former motorsport...
Barrichello. The team was formed in 2009 by a management buyout led by RossBrawn of the Honda Racing F1 Team, after Honda announced their withdrawal from...
years, including under the leadership of team principals David Richards, RossBrawn, and Toto Wolff, and has played a key role in nine Constructors' Championships...
The Brawn BGP 001 (originally known as the Honda RA109) is a Formula One world championship winning racing car, the design of which was started by Honda...
qualifying-like laps to make RossBrawn's alternative three-stop strategy work and to go from third to first place. Brawn had told him: "Michael, you have...
planned, with all teams and drivers completing the six days of testing. RossBrawn, the managing director of the sport, announced that Grands Prix would...
Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, John Iley and James Allison with RossBrawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's...
management buy-out led by team principal RossBrawn and chief executive Nick Fry, and entered the 2009 season as Brawn GP. The team retained Jenson Button...
Walkinshaw Racing acquired a stake in Benetton, with Tom Walkinshaw and RossBrawn brought in to run the team's engineering operations. The team also moved...
developed the all-new XJR-14 for 1991 – the first full car designed by RossBrawn – for the final year of Jaguar racing in WSCC. Although this car won both...
mentored by Mercedes team principal RossBrawn and was apprehensive when Schumacher joined the team, given the history of Brawn and Schumacher's relationship...
Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, John Iley and Marco de Luca with RossBrawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's...
leading the engine design and operations, under the overall leadership of RossBrawn who was the team's Technical Director and Jean Todt the team Manager....
The Mercedes MGP W01 (originally known as the Brawn BGP 002) was a Formula One motor racing car designed and built by the Mercedes GP Petronas team for...
buy-out by team principal RossBrawn and an engine supply deal with Mercedes-Benz resulted in a remarkable 2009 season in which Brawn GP team won the Constructors'...
original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018. Brawn, Ross (30 November 2018). "RossBrawn reflects on 'intense' 2018 season". Formula One Official...
team was bought by a consortium led by team principal RossBrawn. Brawn renamed the team Brawn GP, and raced with Mercedes engines, but retained Honda...
the sport at the end of 2008 and the sale of the team to team principal RossBrawn in 2009, the RA108 was the last car produced by the Brackley-based team...
winning two drivers' titles with Benetton, bringing over key personnel like RossBrawn and Rory Byrne. Schumacher drove for Ferrari until his first retirement...
2017. Chase Carey subsequently became chief executive of the Group and RossBrawn was appointed to the newly created role of managing director, Motor Sports...
Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, Nikolas Tombazis and James Allison with RossBrawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's...
end of the 1985 season and on into 1986. Future prestigious designers RossBrawn and Adrian Newey passed through the team. The team also was commonly known...
Giorgio Ascanelli, Aldo Costa, Willem Toet, and Nikolas Tombazis, with RossBrawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's...
Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, Willem Toet, and Nikolas Tombazis, with RossBrawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's...
Benetton B195 is a Formula One racing car designed by Rory Byrne and RossBrawn for use by the Benetton team in the 1995 Formula One World Championship...
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