Ross Brawn looks back on his time with Ferrari: "I was praised or abused"

Ross Brawn has plenty of pressure and expectation on his shoulders as he looks to welcome new regulations into Formula 1 as the managing director. However, 'back in the day', the former Ferrari boss was busy working on a new car at this time of year.

Between 1997 and 2006, Brawn helped Ferrari pick up multiple world titles. The Brit remembers these times well and recalled them to RaceFans.

“I’ve been lucky enough to stand on the podium at Monza when Ferrari have won, and there’s no better sensation than that. Seeing the huge crowds, and the emotion and passion of the fans. I’d walk through the airport at Bologna, and I’d get abused or I’d get praised, and that doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world. But that’s part of the passion of Ferrari.”

Brawn's relationship with Michael Schumacher produced five drivers' championship trophies, but it all suddenly came to an end. Brawn goes on to explain his feelings after departing, and why it took so long to see him again during a Grand Prix weekend.

“I had a year off. I’d have struggled to go straight to Ferrari from somewhere else. But I’d [done] 10 years, I did a decade, it was a nice round number and it felt right to stop at that stage. What I didn’t want to do was to fade out or to leave on difficult circumstances. So it was perfect for me," Brawn added.