Ross Brawn
Ross Brawn
Ross James Brawn OBEis a British former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal. He worked for a number of Formula One teams, serving as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton and Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2007 but returned to F1 for the 2008 season as Team Principal of Honda. He was the owner of the Brawn GP team, which acquired the Honda team in early 2009, and won the Formula One Constructors...
choice driver ferrari happy next prove quite whether year
I'm quite happy with the choice and it's really up to him to prove next year whether he's a long-term Ferrari driver or not.
convinced engine problems various
This is very frustrating for us. We have had various problems with the engine but we'll get over them. I'm convinced of that.
commercial driver huge imagine point potential view
I think there's a huge potential from a driver point of view and from a commercial point of view you can imagine the potential it would have as well.
bit today
I think today was a bit too extreme,
beat capable challenge michael opportunity pushing saw today together work
They have started very well. We saw today that Felipe is going to be capable of pushing Michael and I think that Michael welcomes that. It is always a challenge because fundamentally they want to beat each other but you have to make them work together. And that is the secret; to get them to work together and give them the opportunity to beat each other.
progress sort
We need to see how things progress before we make those sort of predictions or scenarios,
caused
We need to find out what caused it.
wants
We want to do it, he wants to do it, I think it would be a big success.
agreement few next serious winter year
This winter and next year he'll do a few more serious tests. It's a kind of open-ended agreement,
final step totally
With this car, we've made the final step we wanted to make where Aldo is totally responsible.
convinced decision early ferrari given maybe
We haven't given him an ultimatum, but I'm convinced that (Michael) will let Ferrari know his decision between now and June, maybe even as early as May.