Brawn confirms partners in Brawn GP

Ross Brawn has confirmed that Brawn GP is not owned wholly by him and that there are four others involved in the team. These are chief executive Nick Fry, financial director Nigel Kerr, legal counsel Caroline McGrory and HR director John Marsden.

Brawn said that the group had decided to push ahead with the team because the only other choice was to close the team down and lay off the entire staff.

"Things can go wrong," Brawn said, "but we are optimistic and if we can capitalize on the performance of the car – and the car looks good – then I think the team has got a future. If the car was poor then we only have ourselves to blame."

Brawn said that there have been "some very black days" in the course of the recent months as the group fought to keep the team alive.