ESPN piece on Brawn GPs championship year
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Haven't finished reading it yet, but it's great so far. Especially this bit:
"Quite early on we realised that if the other teams knew we had no spare chassis it would be quite useful for them to tangle with us in a Friday practice and 'accidentally' put us out of the race. So we had the third chassis travel with the race team, left in the truck for everyone to see, but with the engine mounts facing backwards. It could never have been used, but it was purely there for everyone to think we had a spare chassis!
"After all, no one would assume we were carrying a completely redundant chassis around the world, but indeed we were to avoid anyone thinking they could take us out."
"Quite early on we realised that if the other teams knew we had no spare chassis it would be quite useful for them to tangle with us in a Friday practice and 'accidentally' put us out of the race. So we had the third chassis travel with the race team, left in the truck for everyone to see, but with the engine mounts facing backwards. It could never have been used, but it was purely there for everyone to think we had a spare chassis!
"After all, no one would assume we were carrying a completely redundant chassis around the world, but indeed we were to avoid anyone thinking they could take us out."
Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing.
I wonder if that adversity and Monday if the team sticking together had helped Mercedes become such a slick trackside operation?
I remember visiting the factory back when it was still Honda and the atmosphere between the staff seemed great to someone from the outside.
I wonder if that adversity and Monday if the team sticking together had helped Mercedes become such a slick trackside operation?
I remember visiting the factory back when it was still Honda and the atmosphere between the staff seemed great to someone from the outside.
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