More than 800 motorsport professionals and members of the press attended Tuesday night’s Professional Motorsport World Expo Awards Gala Dinner, held at the end of a very busy first day for the show.

The big winner on the night was Brawn GP, which picked up the prize for Vehicle Development of the Year, as well as two awards for Ross Brawn himself: Design Engineer of the Year and Team Principal of the Year.

Collecting the trophies on behalf of the team, Brawn GP’s operations director Gary Savage said, “Before the season started, Ross asked me what my goals were. I said that to be honest, still having a job at the end of it would be a result! But if we could qualify two cars in the top 10, and perform decently throughout the season, that would be an achievement. If we had done that, and Ross had saved the team, I would have been happy, and he would have deserved these awards simply for that. But it didn’t work out l like that, and we won both championships. That’s not an achievement, that’s a fairy tale, and like the rest of the team, I’m proud to have been part of that. It’s something that may never be done again.”