Ross Brawn (born the November 24th 1954 with Manchester, England) is a British engineer. He is especially known for his implication in Formule 1, in particular within the Scuderia Ferrari of which he was the chief technical officer of 1997 to 2006. From the November 26th, 2007, it will join the Honda Racing F1 TEAM where it will cumulate the roles of chief technical officer and sportsman.

Biography

After having worked nearly 5 years to the atomic Establishment of search for Harwell, Ross Brawn integrates the medium of the automobile sport in 1976, as a mechanic at March Engineering, in Formule 3. In 1978, it joined the young stable of Formula 1 Williams, always as a mechanic, before climbing the levels gradually, until becoming one of the principal aerodynamicists of the stable. In 1985, Brawn leaves Williams to join the Anglo-American stable FORCES Carl Haas, always as an aerodynamicist. The adventure is of short duration since the stable sinks at the end of the season 1986. Brawn is then engaged by Arrows which has just dismissed its last two designers (Wass and Coppuck) and is charged this time completely to conceive the news Arrows A10 of 1987).

The good performances of Arrows conceived by Brawn (A10, A10B and A11) draw the attention to him and in 1989, it is recruited by Tom Walkinshaw to take the head of technical program TWR Jaguar in the championship of the world of the sport-prototypes, then with its apogee. The work of Brawn in Jaguar is concluded by a championship from the world at the conclusion of the season 1991. At the end of the year, it leaves Jaguar for, always on the initiative of Tom Walkinshaw, to join the stable of Formula 1 Benetton, as an chief technical officer. Under its impulse, Benetton (conceived by Rory Byrne and controlled by Michael Schumacher) progress quickly in the hierarchy, until gaining the world titles of the pilots in 1994 and 1995, like that of the manufacturers in 1995. But at the conclusion of the season 1995, the gaining trio of Benetton separates since Schumacher leaves Benetton to join Ferrari, while Byrne decides to take advantage of its rights to the retirement. Brawn does not follow Schumacher at Ferrari and remains one additional season at Benetton, without much success insofar as the pilots Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger do not gain only one race.

It is finally during winter 1996-1997 that Brawn takes in its turn with the direction of Ferrari, where it replaces John Barnard with the technical direction. He is joined a few months later by Rory Byrne, left his retirement. Thus reconstituted under the direction of Jean Todt, the trio is not long in giving Scuderia Ferrari on the way of success. After a championship of the world of the manufacturers in 1999, Ferrari gains the pilot championships and manufacturers of 2000 to 2004, carrying out one of the strongest dominations of the history of Formula 1. Even if that represents only one small portion of its function of chief technical officer, it is especially made know general public for his presence on the low wall of the stands at the time of the Grand Prix, where it works out strategies of race gaining for his pilots.

At the conclusion of the season 2006, Brawn decided to leave its functions within Scuderia, to take one sabbatical year. Being one of most coveted the personalities medium of Formula 1, the speculations on its future were numerous. In November 2007, it joined the stable Honda F1 within which it will occupy the technical position of director but will be also seen entrusted responsibilities in the sporting direction to the sides for Nick Fry.

Career

  • 1978-1984: Williams: Mechanic-aerodynamicist
  • 1985-1986: FORCE: Aerodynamicist
  • 1986-1989: Arrows: Chief technical officer
  • 1989-1991: Jaguar (Sport-Protos): Chief technical officer
  • 1992-1996: Benetton: Chief technical officer
  • 1997-2006: Scuderia Ferrari: Chief technical officer
  • 2007: Honda Racing F1 TEAM: 2007 Sport director and technical

Prize list

Wages

  • in the team of Formula 1 Benetton: 400.000 Dollars per annum.
  • in the team of Formula 1 Ferrari: 1,60 Million Dollars per annum (on its arrival in 1997).
  • in the team of Formula 1 Ferrari: 6 Million Dollars per annum (over the period 2004-2006 its wages being indexed under World champion of Formula 1 of septuple World champion Michael Schumacher).
  • fine 2006, Ross Brawn refused wages of 8 Million Euros because it wished to take one year sabatic.

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