Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko does not believe a Brawn GP style fairytale will emerge from the 2022 Formula 1 season, despite the new rules expected to level the playing field. The story of Brawn GP and the 2009 season is well told. In a nutshell: at the end of 2008, Honda Racing pulled out of F1, citing the global recession of the time as the reason, handing the team over to Ross Brawn for one-pound. Underfunded but with experienced campaigners Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello in the driving seats of the neat BGP-001; Mercedes V8-engines bolted to chassis' built for Honda power, Brawn took advantage of the double-diffuser loop-hole which rival teams ignored initially. By the time...
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