Henry J. Brown

Henry Jack Brown is a Portuguese social media influencer and a part-time racing driver currently competing in MMS F1 Season 5, driving for Osella. He is one of Portugal’s most talked about athletes in the world, receiving praise from his performances in lower level machinery towards becoming the first man from Portugal to be employed by Scuderia Ferrari, his impressive test-driver duties in season 4 has kept his place onto the pinnacle of Formula One. Where he continues to race in MMS F1 for Osella. He currently remains one of the few drivers in MMS history to have managed to be employed by an F1 team since Season 1 of MMS F1, while only having a test-driver status in Season 3 with DAMS and Season 4 with the Scuderia Ferrari
== Early Life and Education ==
Born in Nazaré, Portugal, his parents were mother Léonie Brown and father Teodoro Brown. A few years later in the same town, his brother; Marcus Brown was also born. Henry (and Marcus) both got interested in racing from their native country mainly involving modified touring cars but both found much more interest in open wheel racing down the line. Due to their similarities regarding their driving background and their junior careers, Henry currently has a modern-day rivalry against his brother Marcus.
== Junior Racing Career ==
15 years of Formula Vee experience 
== Formula One Career ==
=== Season 1 ===
==== Footwork-Ford ====
Henry’s F1 career started when he signed for British team Footwork-Ford, partnered with Mateusz Materiał, throughout his debut season, he showed some promise on the limited power his machinery had, but constantly outperformed from his polish teammate, Henry’s lacklustre debut performance saw him score just a singular point in Hungary in comparison to Material who managed to finish with 15 points due to a podium finish in Estonia, however both had the same DSQ record with 3 over the season and 4 DNFs from Henry compared to 7 DNFs from Mateusz
=== Season 2 ===
==== Forti-Corse Lincoln ====
Signed onto for next season, Forti-Corse, it immediately went to shit for the Portuguese-man with a DNF debut for the Italian team, over the course of the season, him, nor his teammate; James Faulkner manage to score a single point while driving for the Italian team, he often critiqued the car for its slowness and it’s appealing factor when it’s drive, making it uncomfortable, Henry managed to breakthrough the Top 20 just once in Australia in Round 2, it became crystal clear that neither of them wanted to stay at Forti for much longer 
=== Season 3 ===
==== Gulf DAMS F1 Team-Peugeot ====
Annoyed with the slowness and the dreadfulness of Forti machinery, he rejected a contract extension with the team to take on a test driver and reserve driver status for the new team competing in MMS F1, Gulf DAMS competed in their first full season of F1 with Henry regularly testing on their debutant machinery for the season in which they finished in P12 on their debut. His credible feedback towards the team was noted by other teams and other motorsport success brought him to a place he didn’t expect.
=== Season 4 ===
==== Scuderia Ferrari ====
In a shock that even admittedly surprise Henry himself, he joined the Scuderia Ferrari team as a test driver and reserve driver for the Maranello team, this season in particular saw his brother, reach Formula One as well, making it the first time that two brothers are signed for an F1 team in same season. His feedback and willingness regarding his team was praised by the Ferrari team with particular success in his other series though including strong performances in Ferrari GTEs, his status as a reserve driver suddenly became unappealing and after failing to get the Maranello team to promote him to the main seat, the Portuguese eventually departed the team and his long record without a full time f1 seat quickly came to an end.
=== Season 5 ===
==== Osella Squadra Corse ====
Returning to a familiarity, Henry looks set to put his Forti nightmare behind him, as he signed full time with the Osella team, marking the 3rd time in his F1 career he has signed with an Italian team, 4th overall, and 2nd as a full-time driver. This season will mark Henry’s 3rd full time season in F1, partnered with Diogo Moscato. Henry has so far yet to outscore any of his teammates during his time in F1, time will tell if his experience would be put to good use
== Le Mans Series ==
=== Season 2 ===
==== Scuderia Vincenzo-Ferrari Italia ====
Henry J. Brown, still amidst of his test driver duties in Formula One allowed him to venture towards touring cars, his first experience in non-open wheel machinery came when he was signed to the GTE team; Scuderia Vincenzo, partnered with Joseph Murray during the course of the season, the Ferrari 458 GTE didn’t prove to be competitive, at the beginning of the season, the first 3 North American races saw Henry collect only 30 points altogether, falling behind his teammate once again, neither him, nor his team managed to gain much momentum, with failed upgrades, the Ferrari’s performance gap widened, at the final race in Le Mans, he finished in a 10th class finish, bringing his total in that season to 121, the lowest of the point-scorers in the GTE class and our scored by his teammate by 154 points, while he also managed to score a class win in Donington.
== Indycar ==
=== Season 1 ===
==== Brown Racing Enterprises ====
During his time in DAMS, Henry J. Brown entered into the Indycar Series under his consortium owned motorsport team; Brown Racing Enterprises, with his team racing under the Honda engines, both him, and his team debuted in St. Petersburg in where Henry finished in P41, 3 places from last, for the remaining three rounds, Henry managed to finish within the points for his team once in the Hockenheimring, in comparison to his teammate Kyle Wilheim who finished with 28 more points than the Portuguese. After the 4th round, Henry made shocking news that despite being happy to stay, he is happy to let anyone replace him for the remaining two races. Schuael Michaelmacher replaced Henry for the remaining races in Indycar, which saw a 3rd place finish in his debut in Brown Racing Enterprises. Nonetheless, Henry’s team ended with success, finishing in P8 with 93 points, while Henry himself contributed 10 of those points, himself finishing in P36
== Team Personnel ==
=== Brown Racing Enterprises ===
Regarding the team he indirectly started with, both him and his brother, Marcus are taking a consultancy role for their team due to their current full-time commitments in F1 and GT respectfully as BRE enters into its second season in the Indycar series, the team has confirmed the lineup of seasoned veteran Nick Tander and upcoming rookie Ulken Doptar for the season
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