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Can A Formula 1 Team Cost Only 120 Rupees ?

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 From 2006-2008 Honda Racing was part of Formula 1 but due to a financial crisis and not wanting to invest a lot in F1 Honda had to sell the team but they couldn't find a buyer before the 2009 season and if they couldn't sell the team by the time the season started, it would cause them to lose millions of rupees,So Honda requested their team principal Ross Brawn to handle the team. So they decided to give it to him for free but they had to show a legal transaction on paper so Ross Brawn took a 1 pound or 120 rupees coin from his pocket and bought the team. The interesting part is Honda had developed double diffuser engine which in aerodynamic testing seemed to be 2 seconds faster than every other car but not much notice of this was taken as it was deemed a calculation error but when the car hit the track during testing they were faster than every other car. The team was renamed Brawn GP and along with Jenson Button it went on to win the drivers and constructors championship tha...