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Mercedes GP on Friday confirmed reports ousted Ferrari technical boss Aldo Costa is reuniting with his former colleague Ross Brawn.

The Brackley based F1 team also announced that HRT’s recently-departed Geoff Willis, who was with the German team in its Honda days until 2006, is joining up as technology director next month.

Italian Costa, who worked under now Mercedes team boss Brawn at Ferrari some years ago, will start his new job as engineering director in December.

Both Costa and Willis will report to technical director Bob Bell, the former Renault chief, Mercedes GP added.

“Aldo will be responsible for design and development, and Geoffrey will head the aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics, control systems and simulation functions,” the team said in a media statement.

Said Brawn: “Building a winning team is an exciting challenge for us all as we work towards the competitiveness and standards that we aspire to as the Mercedes-Benz works team.”

Source:GMM

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Will be interesting to see what Costa can do with Brawn, hopefully Mercedes will get some BrawnGP pace in the coming seasons.

[LewEngBridewell]

Well, they're in need of a massive boot up the arse, so maybe this could be a turning point for the team?

[What's Burning?]

The most interesting part of this read is what's written between the lines. It has more than a hint of the odor of Mercedes commitment and it's good to see.

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The most interesting part of this read is what's written between the lines. It has more than a hint of the odor of Mercedes commitment and it's good to see.

Indeed, that is the most telling aspect.

when you think about it, Mercedes are now the only mass production car make in the sport to own a team.

Ferrari is owned by FIAT but you consider them a super car make, not something you take to the shops to pick up the groceries in.

[Jabberwocky]

Lets hope it is not Mercedes giving the project one more cash injection before it pulls the plug

[CarBore]

Maybe we will see something when the new regs come in. The aero rules aren't changing significantly next year and they won't be able to fully influence Mercs 2012 Car. I hope they can step up though a tighter field at the top makes it more fun

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

Mercedes new appointments slammed

Oct.3 (GMM) Gerhard Berger has criticised the latest high profile appointments by the Mercedes GP team.

With Renault’s former chief Bob Bell already on board, the Brackley based team announced last Friday that Geoff Willis and Aldo Costa will start their new roles in November and December respectively.

Willis was leading HRT’s technical team until very recently, while Italian Costa was ousted by Ferrari earlier this season.

Former F1 winner, joint BMW motor sport director and Toro Rosso co-owner Berger questioned the appointments, which are the latest in a recruitment push by the works Mercedes team.

“It looks to me as though Mercedes are shooting with a shotgun in the hope of landing a hit,” the Austrian told Auto Bild Motorsport.

Autosprint magazine, meanwhile, wondered if it is “credible that, to strengthen his technical staff, Ross Brawn turns to someone considered a loser by Ferrari?

“Frankly, it’s not,” the report concluded.