Brawn brawn everywhere..where have the rest been left.The rise of the Brawn GP team is no less than the rise of a Phoenix from its ashes.After Honda had left its F1 team employees to fend from themselves a man named Ross Brawn rescued them.


Ross Brawn theformer milling machine operator in March Engineering began his career in Motorsport in 1976 at the age of 22,moved to Williams as a machinist and rose quickly to an aerodynamics engineer in the wind tunnel. After a stint at Jaguar’s sport car division moving from F1, he felt something missing and waited for an opportunity to jump back into the nitty gritty of F1 championship.

The opportunity arrived in the form of Benetton group, which had bought out the Toleman team in 1985, was looking to inject some new blood into its championship charge, Brawn along with astute Flavio Briatore and the excellent Michael Schumacher delivered by wining the 1994, 1995 Formula 1 championship.

When Schumacher was coveted by Ferrari, Schumacher made sure that Brawn had to be part
any deal that took him to the Scuderia garages. Brawn and Byrne turned the technical side of the team around until it ran like a swiss watch. As Johnny Hebert who raced with Schumacher at Benetton put it “He should get more praise than Michael for the Ferrari domination. He has been a very important guy, he is the one who has brought the team together .He was there with Michael at Benetton and has used that experience at Ferrari. He has also proved he is a great tactician when it comes to winning races.”

Always a guy with quiet determination, as soon as Honda pulled the plug on the plant with 700 employees at stake, he was one of the first guys on the phone to try and find a financial arrangement for the team to survive and this is the belief that has seen his team rally around him for an absolute Cinderella start to the season. Ross typical British guy still lives in Stoke Row, near Henley-on-Thames. In his spare time he enjoys gardening, fishing and listening to music and supports obviously another winner in Manchester United being a Mancunian.

Let the fairy tale continue…..

of the four races that have been held in Turkey, Felipe Massa has won three. He has also got three consecutive pole positions and the only time he didn’t finish a race at Istanbul Park was in his first outing in 2005 when Kimi Raikkonen won. He also holds the rare record of three consecutive wins at this circuit.

It remains to be seen if he can in fact extend that dominant record this weekend...

Take a look at the triumphant drivers and teams at the Turkish Grand Prix...

F1 india blog's guest writer AMAN OBEROI snicks at the 2010 budget cap and the new rules for 2010. AMAN OBEROI is Engineering student from India whose Loves Quizzing besides his all time favourite Formula 1 racing.

Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has revised its budget cap plans for 2010. Teams signing up for the optional cap must limit their spending to £40 million per year (£10 million higher than originally proposed) in exchange for greater technical freedom. This will not include driver salaries or, for 2010 only, engine costs.

Thirteen teams will be accepted for next year’s championship and all must apply by May 29, 2009, stating whether they wish to compete under the budget cap or not. New constructors will be eligible for a participation fee and assistance with travel expenses from commercial rights holder Formula One Management.

A new Costs Commission will monitor and enforce the budget-cap regulations. Those teams accepting the cap will be able to run constantly adjustable wings, engines with no rev limit, more powerful KERS systems, and - in theory - four-wheel drive. They will also be allowed unlimited out-of-season track testing with no restrictions on the scale and speed of wind tunnel testing.

Other 2010 changes for all teams include the expected ban on refueling and tyre warmers, and an increase in the minimum car weight from 605 to 620kg, a move designed to offset the disadvantage heavier drivers face when running KERS.

The full statement from the FIA:2010 FIA Formula One World Championship
Applications to compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship are to be submitted to the FIA during the period 22-29 May 2009. Teams must state in their application whether they wish to compete under cost-cap regulations.

The maximum number of cars permitted to enter the Championship has been increased to 26, two being entered by each competitor.

The FIA will publish the list of cars and drivers accepted on 12 June 2009, having first notified unsuccessful applicants.

Cost Cap Regulations

From 2010, all teams will have the option to compete with cars built and operated within a stringent cost cap.
The cost cap for 2010 will be £40m per annum*.

This figure will cover all team expenditure except:
Marketing and hospitality;
Remuneration for test or race drivers, including any young driver programmes;
Fines or penalties imposed by the FIA;
Engine costs (for 2010 only);
Any expenditure which the team can demonstrate has no influence on its performance in the Championship;
Dividends (including any tax thereon) paid from profits relating to participation in the Championship.

* For the purposes of these Regulations, the financial year is 1 January to 31 December.
In addition to the payments which it already makes to the top ten teams in the Championship, Formula One Management, the commercial rights holder, has agreed to offer participation fees and expenses to the new teams. This includes an annual payment of US$10 million to each team plus free transportation of two chassis and freight up to 10,000 kg in weight (not including the two chassis) as well as 20 air tickets (economy class) for each round trip for events held outside Europe.

To be eligible for this, each new team must qualify as a “Constructor” and demonstrate that it has the necessary facilities, financial resources and technical competence to compete effectively in Formula One.

To enable these cars to compete with those from teams which are not subject to cost constraints, the cost-capped cars will be allowed greater technical freedom.

The principal technical freedoms allowed are:

1. Movable wings, front and rear.
2. An engine which is not subject to a rev limit.

The teams will also be allowed unlimited out-of-season track testing with no restrictions on the scale and speed of wind tunnel testing.

Changes applicable to all teams

It was confirmed that from 2010, refuelling during a race will be forbidden in order to save the costs of transporting refuelling equipment and increase the incentive for engine builders to improve fuel economy (to save weight).

It was also confirmed that tyre blankets will be banned and that the ban on other tyre-heating devices will be maintained.

Jenson Button won the Spanish Grand Prix, in Barcelona, in his Brawn-Mercedes, ahead of his team mate Rubens Barrichello in second place by 13.0 seconds. Mark Webber finished third in the Red Bull-Renault, 13.9 seconds behind.

After following Felipe Massa for most of the race, Sebastian Vettel in his Red-Bull Renault finished in fourth place, 18.9s seconds behind, when the Brazilian backed off to save fuel in the final laps.Fernando Alonso (43.1s) was fifth in the Renault, followed by Massa (50.8s) in the Ferrari in sixth, Nick Heidfeld (52.3s) in the Sauber BMW was seventh and Nico Rosberg (65.2s) in the Williams-Toyota finished in the final points paying position.

Button takes his fourth win in five races, his fifth career victory.

POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	TEAM	LAPS	TIME/RETIRE
1.	Jenson Button	Britain	Brawn-Mercedes	66	1h37m19.202
2.	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil	Brawn-Mercedes	66	13.056
3.	Mark Webber	Australia	Red Bull-Renault	66	13.924
4.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Red Bull-Renault	66	18.941
5.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Renault	66	43.166
6.	Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	66	50.827
7.	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	BMW Sauber	66	52.312
8.	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Williams-Toyota	66	1m05.211
9.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes	65	1 Lap
10.	Timo Glock	Germany	Toyota	65	1 Lap
11.	Robert Kubica	Poland	BMW Sauber	65	1 Lap
12.	Nelson Piquet	Brazil	Renault	65	1 Lap
13.	Kazuki Nakajima	Japan	Williams-Toyota	65	1 Lap
14.	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italy	Force India-Mercedes	65	1 Lap