Brawn GP BGP 001 shakedown pictures
Jenson Button put the new Brawn GP BGP 001 through its paces in a shakedown test at Silverstone on Friday. The team will head to the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona next week and then Jerez for a further three days testing before packing up and heading to Australia for the opening Grand Prix on 27-29 March.
As the pictures below show, Jenson Button is clearly happy to be back in a Formula One car and Rubens Barrichello looks happy just to be there.
Two main nose shapes seemed to have emerged in the 2009 car designs. The BGP 001 has the low nose favoured by the likes of McLaren and Williams rather than the high style of the Toyota and Force India. The sidepods are high and wide like the McLaren and the front wing seems to be quite a complex arrangement.
Overall I think it’s quite a nice looking car. Enjoy the pictures.
