The only constructor who can boast a 100% Championship success rate, Brawn GP was the phoenix that rose from the ashes of Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One in 2008. Former Honda, Ferrari and Benetton Technical Director Ross Brawn led a management buyout of the team and requested a name change from the ‘Honda Racing F1 Team’ to the ‘Brawn GP Formula One Team’. With the loss of Honda’s engines, Brawn had to find a new power unit and, though several manufacturers offered, it was a Mercedes-Benz engine that best fitted the car. Brawn retained Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello as their drivers, both of whom had been at Honda for the past three seasons.
The team had a perfect debut race in Australia, where Button and Barrichello qualified P1 and P2 before going on give Brawn a 1-2 finish; the last team to have had a 1-2 on their debut was Mercedes in 1954. The drivers continued their blistering start to the season in Malaysia, becoming the only new constructor to win their first two races since Alfa Romeo won the first ever World Championship Grands Prix in 1950 as Button again took victory. Button would go on to win four more of the next five races and would later clinch the Drivers’ Championship at the penultimate race in Brazil alongside the Constructors’ Championship. Barrichello finished third in the Drivers’ standings.
In total, Brawn GP, in their one and only season, claimed eight race victories, six further podiums, 172 Championship points, a Drivers’ Championship and a Constructors’ Championship.
The team would be purchased by Daimler AG in partnership with Aabar Investments after the season’s end and, thanks to the groundwork that Ross Brawn laid, the future Mercedes team would go on to dominate the turbocharged engine era.
A PAYMENT AUTHORISATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT OF YOUR PURCHASE WILL BE HELD DURING THE FULL PLAN PERIOD as security. This hold will be charged ONLY in the event a monthly payment is declined (the authorisation hold might appear as "Pending" on your credit card bill).
You must maintain a sufficient "Required Available Credit" amount on your credit card for both the full outstanding amount of your purchase and the monthly payment during the full period of the plan.
Your credit card issuer may charge you interest on amounts charged to your credit card unless you pay Your credit card balance in full each month.
In case we do not manage to reauthorize the remaining amount of the transaction, you will receive a notice email. In that case, you will have to promptly update your credit card details. In case your bank still refuses to reauthorize the outstanding amount, we will have to charge the full outstanding amount of the transaction at once from your credit card.
Splitit offers you a flexible way of paying for items in instalments, completely interest-free, by reserving the available line of credit on your credit card. Then, each month, according to your payment plan, Splitit collects the instalment amount and reissues the authorisation request for the remaining balance.
It is important to note that payments are still charged on your existing credit card. Splitit simply provides you the method to do this and information about the instalments. Here is an example of how the service works for a customer buying a £2,000 model in 4 instalments of £500 each:
Splitit obtains authorisation from the credit card company for the full purchase amount of £2,000. This is not a charge on the card; it is simply reserving £2,000 from the customer’s line of credit.
- The credit card company then charges the customer £500 for the first payment.
- During the second month, Splitit requests authorisation for the outstanding purchase amount of £1,500, and charges the customer the second installment of £500.
- This authorisation and charge process continues until the full £2,000 is collected - in this case, for 4 months.
No, this is an interest-free payment method with no additional fixed fees, service fees, interest or hidden fees of any kind.
No, your item will be processed after the first initial instalment and delivered as normal upon passing our Quality Control check at Head Office.
- You can pay using Splitit with a valid Mastercard or Visa
Nothing, no credit check is required if you use a Splitit instalment plan and there is no impact on your credit score. All the bank sees is the individual instalment charges each month. If one of your payment authorisations is declined, there is still no affect on your credit rating; it is simply a declined charge. The denial would simply accelerate payment of the remaining balance (unless you provide a different card which was not denied).
You can pay using Splitit with a Mastercard or Visa. Debit cards, American Express and pre-paid cards are not accepted.
The instalments appear on your statement as individual charge items with the name of 'Amalgam Collection'. These payments will appear monthly according to your instalment plan, with the same charge amount each time.
