Jenson Button has confirmed that he is working on a 4-episode documentary about the amazing story of the Brawn GP team, with whom he became World Champion in 2009. The premiere is scheduled for the fall of 2023.
“I have started a series called ‘Brawn: The Pound F1 Team’ which is about the incredible 2009 season. It will be released soon on the DisneyPlus platform – this is not to be missed,” Jenson said on his social media pages.
That one of the participants in the project will be Keanu Reeves, we spoke during the days of the British race weekend. Now it became known that he, a big fan of motorsport, would become not only the interviewer, but also the director of the series.
The name of the future film is related to the historical fact that at some point, when the Japanese company Honda decided to shorten its program in Formula 1, the former works team was sold to Ross Brown for a symbolic price of 1 pound. sterling, and in the same 2009 she won the Cup constructors, Jenson Button – the title, and his partner, Rubens Barrichello, took third place in the individual standings. In the autumn of the same year, the team, which had achieved incredible success, was acquired by Daimler AG (now the Mercedes-Benz Group) in an alliance with the investment fund Aabar Investments.
The series tells not only about the history of the team from Brackley, but also about the important events that took place during that period, in particular the confrontation between the FIA and FOTA, an association of Formula 1 teams that threatened to arise. their own alternative championship.
It is also known that the film will feature many interesting interviews with the main characters of those events – with Ross Brown, Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Nick Fry, the former chief executive of the team, as well as Bernie Ecclestone, the former head of the team. management of Formula 1. In addition, drivers, mechanics and leaders of various championship teams will share their memories of those interesting times.
The series is produced by the British North One, which is part of the large independent association All3Media, which specializes in the production and distribution of film products. This is not the first project for North One dedicated to motorsport: last year it presented the 20-part documentary series Electric Odyssey, dedicated to the Extreme E off-road championship.
Source: F1 News
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