The Honda F1 Team officially confirmed Ross Brawn's appointment as Team Principal in this statement issued at 11.15 this morning (Monday).
Following a period of strengthening across its entire team, the Honda Racing F1 Team has announced a further key appointment. Ross Brawn is to join Honda where he will take up the position of Team Principal with full responsibility for designing, manufacturing, engineering and racing Honda's Formula One car. Ross will work alongside Nick Fry who continues as Chief Executive of the team. This appointment reaffirms Honda's absolute commitment to success in F1.

I hope Mr Brawn does not intend to use any of his Ferrari secrets :nono: :nono: :)

look out for honda in the next couple of years then, perhaps jenson may get a decent car yet

Good thinking, good move, good for Jenson too!

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maybe Jenson knew something this year, he did seem to have a "its a sh*t car but good things are coming" kind of attitude in most of his interviews..........

Thing is, where were ferrari before Brawn took over ((ok so he had some help from a certain German!!!!)) but still, the car, the team and the tactics seem to have a lot mre influence now..........

been waiting for this! would be nice to see jenson back in the points next year and maybe even on the podium again :thumb:

2008 is shaping up to be a very interesting year for GB in F1

Thing is, the 2008 car will already have been designed so it may only be tactics where Ross makes a difference in the short to medium term.

Definitely a good appointment though from Honda's point of view. I still wonder is Ruebens will be driving for them in '08.

Interestingly, Domenicalli is going to be the Ferrari team principal in 2008 too. Wonder if Todt will stay within the Ferrari empire somwhere.

thing is Jenson has said the other day that he may be having at chat with them at the end of next year if the car isnt better. Hope he hasnt shot himself in the foot

So Button as development driver and when things come good get rid of him and get Hamilton in.

Brawn&Hamilton era of dominance like Brawn experienced with old spoon face perhaps?

I posted this end of last season, how did I know? I work with his nephew:D Nice one Ross, now get Button into a winning car:thumb:
Cheers
Colin

I went to uni with one of the designers of the car, used to hear alot from him apart from this season....... oh well hopefully next season they will get better!

never mind the f1 car its about time they made an affordable car with around 300bhp+
like a 2.0 turbo ,vtec integra for example

honda in my mind are the best jap car manufacturer they just dont do cars with enough power,they were decades ahead with the vtec ,other manufacturers are just catching up now 17 years later

I posted this end of last season, how did I know? I work with his nephew:D Nice one Ross, now get Button into a winning car:thumb:
Cheers
Colin

i remember!
as said by others, the 2008 car is already designed and it's unlikely that one man will make the big difference the team need to be competitive again, but this will have been a major boost to their confidence and expectations for next year.

roll on 16 March!!

I was reading that Ross' role in Honda is to start with the 2009 car, but they hope late into 2008 he may start to have his influence felt.

Lets hope Jenson does get a good car, would be even cooler for Jenson to race Hamilton if they were both in the same team :D