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'BRAWN TO CONFIRM MERC, ROSBERG AND HEIDFELD'
Monday 16th November 2009


Brawn GP are expected to confirm during the course of this week that Mercedes-Benz have bought a 75 percent stake in the Formula One team.

Rumours of Merc's pending buy-in have been making the rounds for a few months, however, neither the German manufacturer nor Brawn GP team boss Ross Brawn have been willing to confirm the reports.

Earlier this month, when asked about the rumours, Brawn said: "Mercedes is a very important part of our team and without the engine we would not have won the Championship.

"It was the best engine in Formula One and we have formed a great partnership together. We are looking at all opportunities for the future but it is too early to announce anything yet."

But, according to the Daily Mail, Brawn GP will 'be taken over by Mercedes this week' with the German carmaker having 'agreed to take a 75 percent stake in Brawn and rename the team after their own image.'

The newspaper alleges, though, that the deal will spell doom for Jenson Button's time at Brawn GP as the Championship winner will be passed over in favour of German drivers.

'Mercedes... appear underwhelmed by the prospect of signing Button and will instead unveil Nico Rosberg as their No 1, with Nick Heidfeld a contender to form an all-German alliance.'

Another party that will lose out in the deal is McLaren, who have had a long-standing relationship with Mercedes as their engine partner.

'Mercedes' buy-out of Brawn will have ramifications for McLaren, in whom they have a 40 per cent shareholding. They are expected to pay £300million to extricate themselves, although they will guarantee to supply engines for several more years.'

[darwin dali]

'BRAWN TO CONFIRM MERC, ROSBERG AND HEIDFELD'
Monday 16th November 2009


Brawn GP are expected to confirm during the course of this week that Mercedes-Benz have bought a 75 percent stake in the Formula One team.

Rumours of Merc's pending buy-in have been making the rounds for a few months, however, neither the German manufacturer nor Brawn GP team boss Ross Brawn have been willing to confirm the reports.

Earlier this month, when asked about the rumours, Brawn said: "Mercedes is a very important part of our team and without the engine we would not have won the Championship.

"It was the best engine in Formula One and we have formed a great partnership together. We are looking at all opportunities for the future but it is too early to announce anything yet."

But, according to the Daily Mail, Brawn GP will 'be taken over by Mercedes this week' with the German carmaker having 'agreed to take a 75 percent stake in Brawn and rename the team after their own image.'

The newspaper alleges, though, that the deal will spell doom for Jenson Button's time at Brawn GP as the Championship winner will be passed over in favour of German drivers.

'Mercedes... appear underwhelmed by the prospect of signing Button and will instead unveil Nico Rosberg as their No 1, with Nick Heidfeld a contender to form an all-German alliance.'

Another party that will lose out in the deal is McLaren, who have had a long-standing relationship with Mercedes as their engine partner.

'Mercedes' buy-out of Brawn will have ramifications for McLaren, in whom they have a 40 per cent shareholding. They are expected to pay £300million to extricate themselves, although they will guarantee to supply engines for several more years.'

Even though it's been doing the rounds as a rumor, reading it now and then when it actually happens, the announcement of Brawn GP being bought by Mercedes and McLaren going it alone down the road is taking my breath away

[myownalias]

Very interesting news indeed; so Jenson to McLaren then unless of course Kimi does sign for McLaren; Button could find himself out in the cold or driving for little money for one of the new teams joining F1 next season. Personally I am not very keen on having another manufacturer in the sport after the mass exodus of the past 11 months. Although I would like McLaren to run their own team and engines, or maybe even back to the old red and white powered by Honda... should the Japanese manufacturer want to make a return. But I believe that its likely McLaren will become a full blown manufacturer team but with one difference, the car company is born out of racing heritage!

[bud]

The part im curious about is the Renaming of BrawnGP.

[Juliet P]

Which paper did that come from? The bit about Button sounds like it has been overblown slightly.

[bud]

Which paper did that come from? The bit about Button sounds like it has been overblown slightly.

the article is from Planet F1 though its quoting the daily mail.

[Juliet P]

Which paper did that come from? The bit about Button sounds like it has been overblown slightly.

the article is from Planet F1 though its quoting the daily mail.

As I suspected...

[Jensonb]

On the other hand, Mercedes were already known to have a very minor interest in Button driving for the team, they very much want Germans (For some reason). Looks like Jenson now has very little choice but McLaren. F1 has a pretty shameful way of treating its champions.

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Mercedes HAVE bought 75.1% stake in Brawn

[Jensonb]

You know, I have to question the wisdom of Mercedes choosing Nico as their lead driver. He's not bad or slow by any stretch of the imagination, but is he the guy you'd send into battle against Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button & co.? He's pretty good, but he's done little to show that he can hold his own against all these race winners and champions. Heidfeld is a slightly more sensible choice, because he's reliable, but he's not a proven world-beater either. All in all, it's a pretty boring driver pairing. Safe, predictable and uninspiring in every way.

[RyRy]

You know, I have to question the wisdom of Mercedes choosing Nico as their lead driver. He's not bad or slow by any stretch of the imagination, but is he the guy you'd send into battle against Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button & co.? He's pretty good, but he's done little to show that he can hold his own against all these race winners and champions. Heidfeld is a slightly more sensible choice, because he's reliable, but he's not a proven world-beater either. All in all, it's a pretty boring driver pairing. Safe, predictable and uninspiring in every way.

Indeed but Button shouldn't be in your list.. he's far from one of the top 4 drivers... However you greatly underestimate how good Nico and Heidfeld could be with the right cars.

[Amanda]

You know, I have to question the wisdom of Mercedes choosing Nico as their lead driver. He's not bad or slow by any stretch of the imagination, but is he the guy you'd send into battle against Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button & co.? He's pretty good, but he's done little to show that he can hold his own against all these race winners and champions. Heidfeld is a slightly more sensible choice, because he's reliable, but he's not a proven world-beater either. All in all, it's a pretty boring driver pairing. Safe, predictable and uninspiring in every way.

Rosberg's a bit of a risk, he had a very good mid-season and a bit of a disaster at the end, but he's got potential. Heidfeld is Mr stability with great experience. I suppose it comes down to how much potential you see in Rosberg, I think he's got plenty while some think he's got little. We'll have to wait and see, but it looks like a promising partnership to me.

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[Gaz]

You know, I have to question the wisdom of Mercedes choosing Nico as their lead driver. He's not bad or slow by any stretch of the imagination, but is he the guy you'd send into battle against Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button & co.? He's pretty good, but he's done little to show that he can hold his own against all these race winners and champions. Heidfeld is a slightly more sensible choice, because he's reliable, but he's not a proven world-beater either. All in all, it's a pretty boring driver pairing. Safe, predictable and uninspiring in every way.

Rosberg's a bit of a risk, he had a very good mid-season and a bit of a disaster at the end, but he's got potential. Heidfeld is Mr stability with great experience. I suppose it comes down to how much potential you see in Rosberg, I think he's got plenty while some think he's got little. We'll have to wait and see, but it looks like a promising partnership to me.

I rate Glock higher than Rosberg.

[Jensonb]

You know, I have to question the wisdom of Mercedes choosing Nico as their lead driver. He's not bad or slow by any stretch of the imagination, but is he the guy you'd send into battle against Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button & co.? He's pretty good, but he's done little to show that he can hold his own against all these race winners and champions. Heidfeld is a slightly more sensible choice, because he's reliable, but he's not a proven world-beater either. All in all, it's a pretty boring driver pairing. Safe, predictable and uninspiring in every way.

Indeed but Button shouldn't be in your list.. he's far from one of the top 4 drivers... However you greatly underestimate how good Nico and Heidfeld could be with the right cars.

Button is a World Champion, that automatically puts him in the same league as the other champions. Mathematically, that puts him in the top group along with Fernando, Lewis & Kimi as well as likely future champ Vettel. Circumstances come into play in allowing talent to show through, but once it's shown it's shown.

I rate Glock higher than Rosberg.

I'll probably agree, Glock has a lot more potential than Rosberg who seems to have spent 4 years resting on the ol' "I'll blame the car" trick whilst waiting for someone to decide he's good enough to poach. Note for the record that only when a German manufacturer wanting a German lineup came along did that happen.