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00:00 For as long as I can remember, I've had a fascination with racing.
00:05 And I'm going to share a story that barely seems believable.
00:10 Jenson Button crosses the line, takes the chequered flag.
00:15 How do you feel?
00:16 It's really amazing.
00:18 Only one team in their debut race in the history of the sport have been able to get pole position and then go on to win.
00:26 This is the story of Braun GP.
00:30 Why do people say that you were the one pound Formula One team?
00:34 I gave a pound to the Honda executive.
00:36 Allow us to buy the team.
00:38 To keep the team alive.
00:39 This is the only option we've got on the table.
00:41 It's this or the team gets shut down.
00:43 Can you do this?
00:45 Yes.
00:47 The best way to become unpopular very quickly is to start winning.
00:50 We're a team that's come from nowhere. No one expected us to be here.
00:54 They went too far. There was something against the rules.
00:57 This was the start of the war.
01:02 This team that everybody just wanted to survive is killing us.
01:06 I'm going to win the championship.
01:08 The knives were out there and they were after us.
01:10 You either push to the limit or you're nothing.
01:12 We pushed to the limit.
01:13 People believe in him because he looks innocent.
01:16 Yet really behind the scenes, a smiling assassin.
01:19 I think you're all smiling assassins.
01:23 It was a really scary time.
01:25 This is about survival.
01:26 Formula One, once it gets into your blood, it'll never let go.
01:31 Do you feel like Ross Brawn was the luckiest guy in the world?
01:37 Or do you think he was really clever?
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