When Honda announced its decision to leave Formula One at the end of 2008, few would have guessed a new, world-beating team would emerge onto the F1 stage.

This is the full story of the Brawn GP team, told by respected motorsport writer Christopher Hilton.

It examines how Ross Brawn, who had masterminded World Championship success for Benetton and Ferrari in Grand Prix racing, managed to take control of the defunct Honda team and, defying all the odds, put his eponymous cars on the grid for the first race of the 2009 season.

As if that wasn't enough of a feat, Brawn GP dominated the Australian Grand Prix, with Jenson Button taking the first of many victories in 2009 as the new team became the ones to beat.

Insightful writing, wonderfully illustrated and thoroughly researched, this is the comprehensive story of how the Brawn GP team went from zeroes to Grand Prix grid heroes.