Brawn BGP 001/02 by David Tremayne
Formula 1's ultimate underdog success story. Created in adversity, the Brawn GP team won the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships in its first and only year in Formula 1 - a story that is unique and unlikely to ever again be repeated at the highest level of motorsport.This book is a thorough examination of Brawn BGP 001/02, the car driven to the World Championship in 2009 by the popular British Formula 1 star Jenson Button, and the factors that went into its extraordinary success. The story is supported by interviews with key members of the team, including team principal Ross Brawn, and a wealth of images and official company documentation never before seen in public.
It is a genuinely heroic tale based on foresight, resilience, fortitude, dedication, determination, engineering, innovation, application, great management, a high degree of talent on many levels, and intensive research and development - the very cornerstones of teamwork and race car design excellence.
This team's achievement is one of the greatest and most unlikely triumphs in modern Formula 1, and it is fully detailed, from beginning to end, in this book, the 18th in the Great Cars series from Porter Press.
David Tremayne has spent his career in motorsport journalism, with such notable roles as executive editor of Motoring News, long-time Grand Prix correspondent for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, and co-founder of GrandPrix+, the sport's first and fastest e-magazine. He has written over 50 books, including the award-winning Donald Campbell: The Man behind the Mask, a major biography of the speed king. He is a three-times winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers' 'Journalist of the Year' award. In August 2017 he averaged 275mph during a test run prior to challenging the 301mph UK land-speed record, walking away with just a cut knuckle after a crash at 250mph, and vowing to try again.
Dario Franchitti is the 17th driver to win Indy 500 more than once, the first coming in 2007. Dario hails from Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, but currently resides in Tennessee.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781913089979 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913089975 |
| Title | Brawn BGP 001/02 |
| Author | David Tremayne |
| Series | Great Cars |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Porter Press International |
| Year published | 2024-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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