"The engine side has always been very good and the only thing it lacked was a relationship with the chassis side," comments Brawn. "We now have a philosophy that it’s a car, its not an engine or a chassis. I now understand the engine more than I ever did and, hopefully the engine people under Paolo Martinelli understand the chassis more than they ever did. We knew was strong and weak about last years car, so we left the strong things and improved the weak things for the F2002."

Brawn joined the Ferrari team at the end of 1996 coming from Benetton as did Michael Schumacher and Rory Byrne, it was not a hard decision for the Englishman to make when the offer came to him. Ferrari holds that certain mystique when it comes to motor racing and Brawn was pleased to join up with the Scuderia. The team was still re-shaping when Brawn came onboard but the core of the factory staff was good and that has been a solid base to build on. But stability is something that Ferrari has enjoyed massively over the past seasons, and that is certainly a help says Ross.

"It's critical and we believe that we progress through stability. If you look at F1 over the last five years, we have had the most stable organisation. It’s not just Rory, myself, Jean and Michael it's much further down. It's Aldo Costa, Nicolas Tombasis, Ignazio Lunetta and lots of other guys who have all been here since we arrived."

The 2002 season seen Michael Schumacher probably put under the most pressure he has even had from a team mate. Rubens Barrichello took the fight to Schumacher this year on many occasions, and the Brazilian really seems to be a match for the German's pace. Brawn was delighted with this showing by Rubens who he admires greatly for his efforts for the team. But the F2002's handling has probably given Barrichello a boost in catching Michael says Ross.