After the bright sunshine of Australian Grand Prix glory has come the rain for Brawn GP, with a sting in the tail at the end of an historic weekend in Melbourne following the news that 270 jobs are to be lost at the Brackley-based outfit.
Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello may have sensationally locked out the front row of the starting grid for this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne and Richard Branson's Virgin Group may have come on-board as a significant sponsor, but the honeymoon could already be ove
Prodrive is the latest motorsport company to announce redundancies, it has been revealed - as the company reels from Subaru's withdrawal from the World Rally Championship and as many as 600 job losses at Aston Martin.