TRIPLE HONOURS FOR BRAWN GP AT PROFESSIONAL MOTORSPORT WORLD EXPO AWARDS
Brawn GP has scooped an unprecedented three awards at the 2009
Professional MotorSport World Expo Awards, which honour the sport's
outstanding teams, technologies, personalities and facilities.
The newly-crowned winners of the 2009 Formula One World Constructors'
Championship took the top slots in the categories for 'Vehicle
Development of the Year', 'Design Engineer of the Year' and 'Team
Principal of the Year' to round off a truly remarkable debut season.
Ross Brawn, Team Principal, Brawn GP, said: "On behalf of the team at
Brawn GP and Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines, it is an honour to
have won three awards at the 2009 Professional MotorSport World Expo.
2009 has been a fantastic year for Brawn GP and to have won the
Constructors' and Drivers' Championships after the challenges that we
faced prior to the start of the season has been immensely rewarding.
Everyone who worked on the BGP 001 car should be very proud of their
contribution to our success which has seen the car win eight races this
season. We look forward to building on our successes into next year and
beyond."
Other category winners were the F1 Marshalling System developed by EM
Motorsport for the FIA, which scooped the 'Safety Initiative of the Year
Award'; the Autodromo do Algarve, which was voted 'Motorsport Facility
of the Year'; the DigiTyre IR tyre pressure & temperature measurement
system from BERU f1systems, which won 'Testing Technology of the Year';
and the ALMS and F1 KERS technology developed by Zytek Automotive, which
secured the 'Powertrain Innovation of the Year' Award.
Speaking of EM Motorsport's Safety Initiative of the Year Award, Charlie
Whiting, the FIA F1 chief steward said: "We are very pleased with the EM
Motorsport F1 Marshalling System (F1MS) which we have used at all Formula
One races since the beginning of 2007. The FIA has always been committed
to increasing safety in motorsport and the F1MS has provided us with an
incredibly useful tool to enhance awareness of what's happening on the
track at all times. Further enhancements to the system, namely the
Electronic Flags and the Safety Car panels, have provided additional
safety for drivers."
-credit: professionalmotorsport-expo
