Documentary charts how the struggling team bought for £1 went on to win the 2009 championship against the odds
As underdog sporting tales go, the story of the Brawn F1 team’s unlikely triumph in 2009 has it all. From down and out, the team bought for £1 became title favourites overnight, were hunted by their rivals but held out for a last-gasp dip over the finishing line. They were an anomaly and their feat, one surely all but unrepeatable, is captured in an aptly titled new, four-part Disney series Brawn: The Impossible F1 Story.
Formula One is enjoying a boom thanks in part to the popular Netflix series Drive to Survive but at the same time undergoing a period of domination by Red Bull and Max Verstappen. It follows from a similar spell of authority by Mercedes, the team that bought out Brawn at the end of 2009.
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