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Brawn Says Button’s No Schumi

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In the context of assessing Jenson Button’s decline in performance over the second half of the 2009 Formula 1 season, team head Ross Brawn recntly offered a comparison between Button and seven-time world champ Michael Schumacher, with whom Brawn worked for nearly 15 years, both at Benetton and Ferrari. In a recent an interview with [...]

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Barrichello Denies Williams Deal for 2010

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Brawn Driver Rubens Barrichello now says that he has yet to sign a deal for 2010 and beyond.  It had been reported previously in the Brazilian press that Barrichello had already inked a deal with Williams for $8 million per year, a four-fold increase over his current salary at Brawn.  But this report might have [...]

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Barrichello Joins Williams for 2010

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Rubens Barrichello will join the Williams Formula 1 team in 2010 according to a report in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo.  Barrichello, who reportedly is driving for Brawn GP this year at a salary of $2 million, will apparently join Williams at a salary of $8 million. Both Barrichello and team mate Jenson [...]

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Vettel Leads in Stats

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If you discount Sebastian Vettel’s retirements this year, he has been more effective at scoring points than any of the other top title contenders this year.  It’s the retirements that make the difference.  As has often been noted, the current points system rewards consistency, and even a single retirement is apt to have a serious [...]

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Silly Season in Full Gear

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It has been rumored that Fernando Alonso will announce his move to Ferrari in 2010 as early as next weekend, at the Japanese GP at Suzuka.  Surely, once this has been made public, the annual drivers’ game of musical chairs will begin in earnest.  Alonso’s announcement would surely come in tandem with Kimi Raikkonen’s revelation [...]

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Brawn Back on Top at Monza

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Ross Brawn today once again proved why he has long been known as The Maestro.  While the top three qualifiers, Hamilton, Sutil and Raikkonen all gambled on a light fuel load, and a two stop strategy, Brawn ran his cars with a heavier load, sacrificing grid position, but reclaiming the lost ground during the race, [...]

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Mercedes Has the Power

September 13, 2009

Once again, qualifying had its share of surprises today.  But there was a method to the madness.  Six out of the first seven spots on the grid were the beneficiaries of Mercedes power.  Kimi Raikkonen, once again showing a return to form for Ferrari, was the only driver of that group using a powerlant badged [...]

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Mercedes to Buy Brawn Stake?

September 9, 2009

Two questions that have plagued the pundits of the F1 paddock this season: Where will Brawn GP find funding for next year and beyond?  And where will Nico Rosberg land next?  A rumor now making the rounds might provide an answer to both. According to a report in Auto Motor und Sport this week, Mercedes [...]

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