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Brawn: We have turned corner; FORMULA ONE.


ROSS BRAWN Ross Brawn (born November 23, 1954) is a British motorsport engineer. He has worked for a number of Formula 1 teams, latterly as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton Formula and Scuderia Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2006.  believes the future of Formula One racing This article focuses on a specific subtopic of Formula One.

A Formula One race takes place over an entire weekend, with two free practice sessions on Friday, a practice session and a qualifying session on Saturday, and the race on Sunday.
 remains bright despite the decision by Toyota to pull out of next year's championship.

The Englishman led his Brawn GP team to both the drivers' and constructors' World Championships this year at the first attempt, less than a year after he salvaged the team when Honda decided not to race.

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German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s.
 and Toyota have since joined the list of manufacturers pulling the plug on their Formula One adventure, while question marks hang over the future of Renault.

But Brawn believes the arrival of the Lotus, US F1, Campos Campos (käm`ps), city (1996 pop. 391,299), Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil, on the Paraíba River near its mouth.  and Manor teams on the grid in 2010 prove that the sport has a longterm future.

He said: "The economic situation has not been good for car manufacturers but it seems to have turned the corner now and most of them are reporting increased sales.

"There are lots of encouraging signs but there is a lag in time for companies to react as it takes a lot of money and time to commit to an F1 team so we may not see them return for a while.

"But there has always been a core group. Ferrari and Mercedes have ridden a few storms over the years but have always been involved and I don't see that changing.

"Some teams are leaving but they are being replaced and we still have a queue Pronounced "Q." A temporary holding place for data. See queuing, message queue and print queue.

(programming) queue - A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence objects. Objects are added to the tail of the queue ("enqueued") and taken off the head ("dequeued").
 of smaller teams wanting to come in.

"I think the future of the sport is strong."
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Nov 10, 2009
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