2004 BAR 060

This is a photograph I took at the Donington Park Museum in September 2014.

It's the BAR-Honda 060 that Jenson Button and Takuma Sato drove in the 2004 season. The board at the side of the car reads like this:

2004     B.A.R.   060

The BAR 060 car was driven by Jenson Button in the

2004 Formula One Championship. This car helped bring

Jenson Button home third in the drivers’ series and take

BAR to second place in the manufacturers’

championship.

In the last weeks of 2001, Prodrive was brought in by

BAR to take over the management of the then

underperforming Formula One team.

As part of the agreement, a team of Prodrive

management, including chairman David Richards, was

seconded to the team. Prodrive restructured the BAR,

operation, gave it a distinct new identity and most

importantly, made the team truly competitive for the

first time in its short history.

By the end of 2004, the team was second only to Ferrari

In terms of performance and, off the track, was meeting

Its budget targets. As a result, its major shareholder

BAT was able to sell the business to Honda and

Prodrive’s task was completed.

Jenson Button had 4 second place and 6 third place finishes to finish with 85 points in third place in the World Drivers' Championship in 2004, while Takuma Sato had one third place and a number of minor points-scoring finishes to earn 34 points for eighth place. BAR-Honda ended up in second place in the World Constructors' Championship behind Ferrari.