Meet The Star Of Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story

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I've always wondered what happens to Formula 1 cars after they've been retired, and seeing as Disney+ are working on a new documentary series with Keanu Reeves called "Brawn The Impossible Formula 1 story", I wanted to find out how the legendary Brawn GP car is maintained since winning back in 2009.
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@Mythbuster3808 Жыл бұрын

The part I love most is its just kept in a shed somewhere. I love that, its just barely kept hidden from the public and no one knows whats just behind that door. Not quite hidden in plane site but close enough.

@ThistleForge Жыл бұрын

theres a guy that has Schumachers benetton car in his shed

@Scootin159 Жыл бұрын

I know a couple people with high value automobile collections, and they're all kept in super mundane looking buildings. One is actually in an old small office (all the cubicles and desks have been removed, and he just parks the cars on the old office floor). The building looks completely boring on the outside (like an office building for a small company slowly going out of business). It's essentially hiding in plain sight. I'm sure the immediate neighbors know (hard to hide the sounds of a v12), but thousands of people drive by every day without giving it a second look.

@DafalganCod Жыл бұрын

My dad works for a lawyer, the dude has an antique bugatti and jaguar in this old looking shed. The thing about these rich people is that they keep the fact they own the car a secret

@matthiascerebri3315 3 ай бұрын

@@ThistleForgeand who has the F2004

@fish2962 Жыл бұрын

Love to see people maintain old f1 cars instead of just letting them fall into disrepair

@timwarriner38 Жыл бұрын

When I was at Williams there was an area where all the cars that hadn't been sold were stacked. Some had parts missing and one of them leaked oil constantly.

@davidtube79 Жыл бұрын

@@timwarriner38 mercedes and mclaren fire up there older cars that they have retained for both they have alot of cars

@user-hw4st7br9a Жыл бұрын

That's is absolutely stupid to just let these cars rot in the garage.

@davidtube79 Жыл бұрын

@@user-hw4st7br9a all the cars retained by teams are maintained the get fired up to keep them in working condition the ones owned privately most are maintained (I am not aware of any that are not maintained)even the very old cars get run on track still martin brundle has driven a lot of the very old cars on track.

@timwarriner38 Жыл бұрын

@@user-hw4st7br9a Well the trouble these days is most teams make at least 4 chassis for the year so that's 4 cars assuming all the bits are made for it. But if its uncompetitive or not vert memorable or good looking its unlikely to sell.

@Renee_R343 Жыл бұрын

I remember Jenson Button, as a Sky F1 commentator, once talking about the pre-season testing with the Brawn car. He said he could tell pretty early on that this car was something pretty special on the grid. And by the last days of testing, where the competitors lap times had pretty much showed their hand, he knowingly held back from going anywhere near 100% not to tip other teams off. He said he eve held back in the first races not to win with a too big of a margin. That was done to delay other teams copying their design. He knew he had to try and keep hold of their advantage as long as possible, because they wouldn't be able to keep up with the development race.

@barnabro Жыл бұрын

Even more impressive when you consider that after basically changing the whole rear of the car to fit the Mercedes engine, the only place available at such late notice to shakedown the car was the tiny (and badly surfaced) Stowe circuit at Silverstone. Stowe at the time was used primarily for Formula Ford, and even with only 100hp they completed a lap in under 50 seconds. Really small track. Brawn had zero idea how the car was going to perform until the official pre-season testing.

@DoMw94 10 ай бұрын

He said that when he first drove the car the balance was off and he wasn't happy, but the team thought he was joking because the car was so quick

@ohsabotagegames328 Жыл бұрын

The Brawn GP top secret shed location, on the A451, just outside Kidderminster.

@anusername8350 Жыл бұрын

Take three guesses who’s voice I read this in

@Antonio88870 Жыл бұрын

nice Top Gear reference there

@Jack-cq9pv Жыл бұрын

@@anusername8350 The Stig?

@thestarlightalchemist7333 Жыл бұрын

It looks like Hammond's shed lmao

@corpsecoder_nw6746 Жыл бұрын

This car was unbelievably quick too. The lap times that this machine did at Spa, how stable it was, how much speed it could carry through corners, the braking.....just a symphony of great engineering and peak human driving skill in the hands of Jenson. It was a tad understeery, reluctant to rotate quickly, suffered tire warmup issues but still soldiered on to a world title.

@SoLDMG Жыл бұрын

This video is at least 36 minutes too short I want more

@mattamys Жыл бұрын

You'll have the Dinsey+ series to look forward to in that case!

@lesliejames9404 Жыл бұрын

I want MUCH more.

@TommoOnYoutube Жыл бұрын

Glorious

@IbrahemAlbanawi Жыл бұрын

Brawn GP is glorious and 1 in a lifetime team

@mrKai33 Жыл бұрын

But Max would still be 10 sec faster

@harrisonwebb9441 Жыл бұрын

@@mrKai33 when talking about brawn GP max is irrelevant

@mrKai33 Жыл бұрын

@@harrisonwebb9441 he is

@gonuhi Жыл бұрын

@@mrKai33 bruh brawn gp raced in 2009 and it’s 2022 it was tech from over a decade ago and ofc it’s a marvelous piece of engineering

@ioni6x Жыл бұрын

@@mrKai33sorry but get lost that has no point in this video

@JK-mo2ov Жыл бұрын

I always wonder how they got stationary wheel covers

@1_5RCBiker Жыл бұрын

We will never see such as its like again. One of my treasured memories from watching F1. I remember a machinist I know who was panicking for his job when Honda pulled out. Glad to say he is still at Mercedes making bits on a lathe...

@sithyarael6807 Жыл бұрын

He still glad since Hamilton is actually driving a car that suits his talent instead of a car way above his talent?

@RuanSilva654 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the vídeos, I particularly enjoyed your content

@Leo-ei8zq Жыл бұрын

Great vid! Deserves more views

@sithyarael6807 Жыл бұрын

Leave it to Keanu Reeves to bring back a racing legend.

@Blubatt Жыл бұрын

That thing is a piece of art.

@rahulravishankar3152 Жыл бұрын

The level of genius in giving Jenson Rubens' car is out of this world.

@MrBboyflexibi Жыл бұрын

The most iconic car ever

@TheF1Gamer2022 Жыл бұрын

If only BrawnGP came back in 2023. I wonder if they would win again.

@DuhItzKaiyo Жыл бұрын

Possibly but I doubt it, I think redbull and Ferrari are going to be the top teams next year but I'd love to see brawn come back

@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbit Жыл бұрын

No need for Brawn GP to come back, we just need Ross Brawn to come back to Ferrari, then we'd finally see Ferrari win a WDC again...

@notthefia9154 Жыл бұрын

I really wonder if it would be possible, but unfortunately Brawn’s success in 09 was mainly due to the diffuser loophole and the immense work Honda had put in which pretty much gave them a massive massive head-start over every other team in the first part of the season, but due to their budget and facilities they really didn’t have the means to bring any upgrades at all so it was a case of “we’ve got to build the biggest points gap possible before we can’t bring any more upgrades and every other team catches up”

@JoDON111 Жыл бұрын

@@graciouscompetentdwarfrabbit Funny that as well, James Allison, who also was a former Ferrari technical director

@nathandufc3785 Жыл бұрын

Think 1 season is enough for Brawn GP, and is what makes them special. If they competed anymore, the team would loose its popularity/appeal...

@gamaltk Жыл бұрын

Hey Matt! Here's a suggestion, how about making longer videos and making shorter summary ones on shorts? I personally now check non shorts videos when I want to watch something more in depth. Maybe worth doing a poll :)

@mattamys Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion, but short form is what I’m comfortable with and my approach is to be more direct with facts rather than adding unnecessary filler talk 😊

@gamaltk Жыл бұрын

@@mattamys Fair enough! If you have nothing else to add then that's completely ok I think, I thought you were making the videos short to keep people's attention in a world of shorter and shorter attentions spans haha Nothing to detract from your videos though, I can't think of anyone that's making content as unique as yours, keep it up!

@rockzs74r Жыл бұрын

Jenson Button only realised his BGP-001 can't run when he tried to get it to work only to realise that the car he won from dispute with Mercedes didn't have a gearbox. Mercedes send him a car that doesn't work.

@rhyswilliams4893 Жыл бұрын

JBs autobiography.

@mvd4436 Жыл бұрын

sounds exactly what a corporate team would do

@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI 10 ай бұрын

While its messed up Merc did that I'm sure JB could easily pay for the replacement gearbox if he wanted to get it going.

@DoMw94 10 ай бұрын

He wouldn't have 'only realised' that at all, he would've always known it wasn't a runner. He's not thick 😂

@jhonathanbarthomelewoswald1936 Жыл бұрын

the underdog

@itsjackmace Жыл бұрын

what a car 😍😍

@chrishenniker5944 11 ай бұрын

Back in the sixties, a lot of the old F3 cars were drag raced once they ended their racing careers. Bought by hot rodders and clicking off 13s quarters.

@Cirelgasp Жыл бұрын

amazing

@josefigueira7415 Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen one at Silverstone museum

@mattamys Жыл бұрын

Belongs to Mercedes!

@formulaumm7512 Жыл бұрын

Do a collab with tom Scott!

@mattamys Жыл бұрын

I’m trying! 😂

@mako4874 Жыл бұрын

5 people to start a car is nuts . Why don’t they make it simpler - for practical reasons - say if a car stalls mid race- mid lap?

@sambevins215 Жыл бұрын

F1 Tom Scott fr

@TheHayatekun Жыл бұрын

There's no way people don't notice where its location is in the thumbnail,,,

@h.gray.f1656 Жыл бұрын

Haha I’ve taken the stickers off that and frazers my uncle

@Alfiegaming1010 Жыл бұрын

Yo I wanna buy it lmao

@racer501_sb Жыл бұрын

Wait but what happened to the one Jenson and Merc have?

@racer501_sb Жыл бұрын

@@hellknightf1 ohhhhh

@184k Жыл бұрын

It suck’s Mercedes put a new livery on it😔

@LiptL Жыл бұрын

what happens if it breaks?

@mattamys Жыл бұрын

Cry 😂

@Blue-op6qv Жыл бұрын

its like when you buy a second hand iphone and you cant send it to the official support lmao

@Cle_M3 Жыл бұрын

I bet brawn or Mercedes have all the schematics archived. If it’s affordable they’ll probably just manufacture it in house if Mercedes is willing.

@pavise6333 Жыл бұрын

BGP001🤤

@krioni86sa Жыл бұрын

Goerge Russell looks like Aamir Khan

@117ColinRacing Жыл бұрын

Humm i have gear ratios from that car... might be worth something!!!

@ioni6x Жыл бұрын

if its true and its needed for one of the cars you should try and help not for free but you know. Apart from this cool part to have on the desk

@117ColinRacing Жыл бұрын

@@ioni6x it is very cool, it is part of a presentation pack, with a bottle of champagne, Tshirt and cap for winning the championship.. ive kept it all in its box 😊