Ross Brawn has joined the board of directors at the Pramac MotoGP team, bringing one of Formula 1’s most decorated technical and managerial figures into a new role in motorcycle racing. He will act as strategic adviser to team principal Paolo Campinoti.
Brawn said he was “delighted to join” Pramac and said motorsport has always been about people, teamwork and continuous improvement. He added that he looked forward to supporting Campinoti and the team and contributing where his experience may be useful. He also said Pramac has built an impressive organisation with a strong spirit and ambition, and that he was excited to be part of its future.
The appointment gives Pramac a senior figure with a record that stretches across some of the sport’s most successful eras. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Brawn was a key part of Benetton and Ferrari’s title-winning machines with Michael Schumacher. He later led his own Brawn GP team to a Formula 1 title in 2009 before helping steer the early years of the Mercedes works team after it morphed from Brawn GP.
Brawn’s move to Pramac also follows the end of a long stint at the top of Formula 1 management. He served as Formula 1 managing director on behalf of Liberty Media from 2017 until the end of 2022, and Liberty Media now also owns MotoGP. Pramac is described as a Yamaha satellite outfit, making the arrival of a former F1 architect a notable cross-category hire for a team looking to strengthen its structure.
Campinoti said Brawn’s friendship and long-standing relationship of respect with him made the appointment meaningful, and he said Brawn’s vision, knowledge and winning mentality would make a valuable contribution to Pramac’s continued growth and development. For a team already operating at the sharp end of MotoGP’s support structure, the choice points to a bid for deeper experience and a broader competitive edge rather than a symbolic boardroom name.
Brawn had retired from Formula 1 competition before taking on the MotoGP role, but the move suggests he is not finished shaping elite racing from the sidelines. Pramac has added a figure whose career has been built on winning programmes, and the challenge now is whether that record can be translated into a different paddock with different machines and different demands.
