Brawn rejects ‘cheating’ charge

ROSS BRAWN yesterday insisted his team are innovators rather than cheats as he endured a grilling in the diffuser row hearing.

Brawn was pointedly described as “a person of supreme arrogance” as Formula One’s newest team boss came under fire at one stage during the International Court of Appeal hearing in Paris.

But the Brawn GP head stood his ground as personal slurs and the weight of the FIA regulations were thrown at him at motor sport’s headquarters overlooking the Place de la Concorde.