Ross Brawn, the British motorsport engineer and Formula One (Brawn GP) team owner was on the ninth cloud after being honoured with the Motorsport Industry Association’s (MIA) Award. This prestigious award was for his outstanding contribution to the motorsport industry.
The award function was organized at the MIA's annual summer reception at Britain's House of Lords. Brawn collected the impressive award in the presence of over 300 guests which comprised of Ministers of State, Ambassadors, VIPs, MIA members and leaders from the motorsport industry.
With this award under his wings, Brawn will be sharing the list of other esteemed winners of the award from Formula One Motorsports which includes Professor Sid Watkins, Frank Williams, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart and Bernie Ecclestone.
Brawn’s contribution in the motorsport is clearly evident as he has promoted the F1 global industry in numerous ways. With his strategic planning and quick thinking Brawn gets the credit for many F1 victories. In his appreciation, MIA CEO, Chris Aylett commented that “His exceptional race engineering talent is coupled with integrity, sincerity and humility - a rare combination in this aggressive competitive sport.”
Ross Brawn has served various championship-winning F1 teams such as Benetton and Ferrari as the technical director. In 2007 he took a small vacation and showed his presence again in 2008 season as a Team Principal of Honda. He owns Brawn GP team (he took over the Honda team in early 2009, as Honda was hit by recession.
He is a man of inspiration, hard work, integrity, confidence and it is these characteristics that made him successful. Beside Formula One as his first love he is also a great lover of fishing and gardening.
Labels: Car-Racing, Ferrari, Formula-One
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