After taking a year's 'sabbatical' from Formula 1 last season, former Benetton and Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn has confirmed that he will be coming back to the sport, but as technical director of Honda.
The Brawn-Schumacher dream team that dominated Formula 1 for a decade from 1994 to 2004 was split up at the end of 2006 with the retirement of Michael Schumacher. Brawn decided to take a year out to rethink his future at Ferrari in what was a turbulent year for the Scuderia, a year that saw the firing of long-time Brawn ally Nigel Stepney under a cloud of controversy.
Brawn has decided to move to a fresh challenge with the Honda F1 Racing team, and it will certainly be as big a challenge as he has ever faced. Honda suffered a truly disastrous season in 2007 after promising seasons in 2006 and under the BAR-Honda banner in 2004 and 2005. He has an enormous challenge to turn things around, under what will be a huge weight of expectation from the Japanese manufacturer's big-wigs who have pumped countless millions into the ailing F1 team.
Nick Fry will continue as Honda's Chief Executive, somewhat surprisingly given the team's shambolic form over the past season...Originally Posted by Ross Brawn
Originally Posted by Nick Fry