Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story
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2 episodes in and really enjoying this. It's well made, even the bits where Brawn and Fry dramatise events that happened 14 years ago surprisingly well (Brawn's got a TV detective career if he wants it). Keanu's good too, and possibly the show needed a Hollywood A-lister to counter and control the Alpha males on display.
Teatowell said:
Quoted for absolute truth.
I recall much dislike for the BBC commentator at the time (Johnathan Legard?) but agree it's better than Croft. The year where it was Brundle and Coulthard was probably the best. The BBC coverage in 2009 was something of a revaltion as I recall, all practices on the red button, starting a race from the start if you came in halfway on iplayer etc...
Seems we've gone backwards a bit.
Edited by Merry on Friday 17th November 20:39
I enjoyed the whole 4 episodes. At the time I didn't realise about all the challenges Brawn faced.
I also thought Keanu Reeves was excellent with his interviews, both Q's and style. He's obviously a petrolhead and loves racing. He's been around the F1 scene for years so a genuine fan, and that came across.
As he's one of the executive producers, I'm guessing he had a big say in what was in the series as well. Very good. 9/10.
I also thought Keanu Reeves was excellent with his interviews, both Q's and style. He's obviously a petrolhead and loves racing. He's been around the F1 scene for years so a genuine fan, and that came across.
As he's one of the executive producers, I'm guessing he had a big say in what was in the series as well. Very good. 9/10.
GlobalRacer said:
Don't take it so literally. Coming from nowhere doesn't mean that nothing had been done beforehand. It's just an expression to say that it was unexpected. After all how many people, even with the knowledge of Honda spending 2008 developing the car, would have said it would do what it did in 2009? The bets didn't start being placed until after it's first test.
Also, lets not forget, that the "double diffuser" was a Toyota concept and they had it as well as Williams plus, of course, Brawn had to make a lot of compromises to the car to fit the Mercedes engine.
The DD was mentioned by Brawn as an issue of the new rules the previous year in a TP meeting, Williams, Toyota and Honda (now Brawn) went with it using their own interpretation. The Honda engineer who did the work for the Brawn concept was working at Super Aguri (Honda B Team) at the time, when they folded he was moved to working on the Honda project.Also, lets not forget, that the "double diffuser" was a Toyota concept and they had it as well as Williams plus, of course, Brawn had to make a lot of compromises to the car to fit the Mercedes engine.
The most amusing was the way the Brawn legal head stitched up Bernie, she was one of the shareholders of the management buyout and did a great job.
I placed a bet on Jenson, Rubens and Brawn winning the championship the day of the Silverstone shakedown after i saw some video of the car in that first run, it looked totally hooked up. Won me £2500.
This is the footage i saw.I finished the series yesterday, and I pretty much don't have a bad thing to say about it. Great story, well structured and excellent production, Keanu was really effective rather than it just ending up as a Keanu vehicle (if you'll excuse the pun). Not patronising for someone with a reasonable rather than encyclopedic awareness of F1. Just really good TV.
E63eeeeee... said:
I finished the series yesterday, and I pretty much don't have a bad thing to say about it. Great story, well structured and excellent production, Keanu was really effective rather than it just ending up as a Keanu vehicle (if you'll excuse the pun). Not patronising for someone with a reasonable rather than encyclopedic awareness of F1. Just really good TV.
Agree completely.Very enjoyable viewing plus insightful.Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff