Great Read: Ross Brawn's last 'true' design – a sports car monster

Jaguar's '91 stunner | View in browser FROM OUR ARCHIVE, JANUARY 2013 | GARY WATKINS Great Read: Purple Reign – Brawn's Jaguar XJR-14 sports car monster A very happy birthday to Ross Brawn, one of racing's most renowned technical minds. Today's Great Read focuses on the last car the man himself says he "genuinely" designed: the formidable Jaguar XJR-14 – a sports car with an F1 heart The engine note didn't waver. Not one iota. And the team hanging over the pitwall to catch a glimpse of their new creation's first flying lap thought there was a problem. Sports cars didn't take the final corner on the old Silverstone South Circuit flat. Which explains why they turned tail or ducked.  But there was no accident, no grassy moment, not even a hint of oversteer. Just a driver flat on the throttle and laughing in the cockpit in the knowledge that he had one hell of weapon for the coming season... READ MORE PHOTO: MOTOR SPORT RALLY | DAMIEN SMITH Devastating Rovanperä loss shows WRC has to stop its own drift      At just 23, Kalle Rovanperä has taken the WRC by storm – but now the young star is looking for calm with less time under the spotlight. It's the championship which will suffer, writes Damien Smith READ MORE SHOP PROMOTION Motor Sport shop: Bestsellers Official Motor Sport Magazine 100 Years Calendar | 2024 Build a Porsche 911 | Advent Calendar | Christmas Gift Benetton | The Rebels of Formula 1 | Signed by Damien Smith Formula 1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - City of Lights - 2023 Binder | Racing Green | Motor Sport Jenson Button Signed | Full Size Brawn GP Helmet Share this newsletter: Stay up to date  Update your preferences to select the content you wish to receive.   UPDATE NOW  Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy. Motor Sport magazine, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE Company no. 05471049, Vat no. 871 544 60