Над этим британским инженером смеялись, пока он не превратил команду-банкрота в чемпионов мира

Honda walked away in December 2008 and left a nearly finished 2009 car with no engine and several hundred people wondering if they had jobs. Ross Brawn bought the wreckage for a pound and put a customer Mercedes V8 into a chassis never designed to hold one. Three shifts a day at Brackley to make it fit, then six wins in the first seven races. This covers what the double diffuser really contributed, why Honda's decision was defensible at the time, and how the factory they abandoned became the base of Mercedes' hybrid era. 00:00 A team that had existed for a month 01:45 Brawn at Honda, and betting everything on 2009 03:12 The double diffuser, and ninth place 04:41 December 5th, and what the withdrawal broke 06:14 Button, Barrichello, and no seats for either 07:41 One pound, and the engine problem 09:15 Three shifts, and making the Mercedes fit 11:14 The simulation nobody believed 12:41 Barcelona, Melbourne, six from seven 14:22 The protest, and calling the plumber back 15:58 Brazil 17:30 Why it actually worked 19:02 Honda's fair hearing, and Red Bull's answer 20:32 Mercedes buys the team