The Weekend Hero #2 - Ross Brawn

Having followed another great Brazilian Grand Prix this evening courtesy of the excellent coverage on the BBC, it was quite difficult to settle for just one weekend hero.

Clearly the hero would come from the BrawnGP team and, having secured his first World Championship, the obvious - and deserved - recipient would be Jenson Button. At times F1 can be something of a procession: super-fast cars driven by skilled drivers who just can't overtake because either the track or aerodynamics work against them. Sao Paulo is an 'old school' circuit with a number of places to overtake and Jenson Button seemed to find all of them as he rose from his starting place of 14th to a hugely impressive fifth place. That, coupled with team mate Rubens Barrichello's eighth place finished crowned the Somerset-born driver World Champion.

Then my thoughts turned to Barrichello - one of the most popular men in F1 among fellow drivers, team managers, mechanics and fans - who was the first to congratulate Button on his success despite his own disappointment at having seen his own World Championship ambitions ended. Whatever your sport, and whatever your success - or lack of - it's important to remember, and demonstrate, true sporting values and Barrichello did exactly that. During his glorious career the 37 year old Barrichello has finished the season second or third no less that three times - this season will make four: despite another 'near miss' Barrichello pulled his car alongside Jenson and applauded his team mate - magnificent.

Sport being a team activity, I then settled on my Weekend Hero, the Team Principal and owner of Button and Barrichello's team: BrawnGP. Ross Brawn has constantly impressed me throughout this hugely successful season: equally gracious in victory and in defeat. His first thoughts and words when congratulated on his teams great season of success was to mention the people that he had to let go earlier in the year when he was forced to reduce the number of team employees following his acquisition of the Honda F1 team. The team's former employees had all played their part in the season's achievements, he explained, and without them such success would not have been possible.

One man to truely represent a team of around 500 - great humility from a true sporting gentlemen.