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Ross ‘the Maestro’ Brawn Cashes In

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Mercedes GP boss Ross Brawn isn’t known as “the Maestro” for nothing.  He helped mastermind uberdriver Michael Schumacher’s seven world titles at Benetton and Ferrari, and he later went on to snooker the field in 2009 with his eponymously badged Brawn, which cleverly exploited a loophole in the tech regs by employing a controversial double [...]

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Brawn Predicts Comeback for Mercedes in 2011

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Whenever an F1 team is in the doldrums, rumors of staffing changes begin to circulate.  This year was no exception for the Mercedes (nee Brawn) squad.  In 2009 the team, newly morphed from Honda, seemed to launch from somewhere close to the very back of the grid to become the class of the field.  That [...]

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Schumi and Ross Brawn Hint at Shifting Focus to 2011

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Early rumblings are coming from the Mercedes camp that the team is already beginning to shift its focus towards the 2011 season.  Team principal Ross Brawn recently told ESPNF1, “By mid-season, we must look to put the F-duct in and catch up to the top.  If it is worthwhile to keep attacking then we will [...]

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Schumacher Reveals Brawn Has Been Trying to Hire Him for the Past Two Years

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Michael Schumacher has revealed that Ross Brawn began making tentative offers to induce the German ace to join the Honda/Brawn/Mercedes squad as long as two years ago.  It will be remembered that Brawn was the mastermind behind Schumacher’s previous seven titles, two of which were won at Benetton and five with Ferrari. When asked by [...]

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Brawn’s Mercedes Deal Still Pending

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For a number of weeks, rumor mongers in the Formula 1 paddock have been hinting at a pending deal which would see Mercedes acquire a 75% stake in Brawn GP.  While there is a certain logic to this deal, for both Mercedes and Brawn, there are also some obstacles. The buy-in would obviously be a [...]

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Renault Next to Go?

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Several notable defections from Formula 1 have occurred within the past year.  The current exodus began last December, when Honda announced their departure from the series.  Then, in July of this year, BMW revealed that they would withdraw from the series in 2010. Finally, just this week, Bridgestone issued a statement saying they would discontinue [...]

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Button’s Contract Hangs on Mercedes Deal

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It has been reported for some weeks that negotiations between Jenson Button and Brawn GP have been at a standstill, the two parties unable to come to terms about salary.  Button agreed to a pay cut for 2009, as the team was left in financial straits at the begainning of the season, after the withdrawal [...]

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