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.
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.
close deal encouragement great last obviously race season winning
It was obviously very frustrating to have come so close to winning a race but after the season we had last year, we can take a great deal of encouragement from today's performance.
progress sort
We need to see how things progress before we make those sort of predictions or scenarios,
wants
We want to do it, he wants to do it, I think it would be a big success.
discussing ferrari happy involved pleased role
As to my role in the future, we are discussing that at the moment. I'm very happy at Ferrari, very pleased with the way things are and would very much like to be involved with Ferrari in the future.
bit huge last nice
One was a nice day out and the last one was a bit more serious. You can see he's got huge potential,
changed rule saying suit tire
Now they are saying that the tire rule is being changed because it doesn't suit Ferrari!
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.
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.
final step totally
With this car, we've made the final step we wanted to make where Aldo is totally responsible.
believe
We'd like to have him with us, because we believe the Ferrari-Rossi pairing is very alluring.
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.
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,