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Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - steviewevie - 05-10-2017
The team is to be rebranded as Mercedes GP.
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - FirebirdPhil - 05-10-2017
Now Button has some serious thinking about his future I think.
Stay where he is, or go to McLaren and play second fiddle to Hamilton??
My thinking is he should stay put.
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - toxo - 05-10-2017
John's prediction:
Mercedes will fill up what was Brawn with German drivers. (Heidfeld? Rosberg?)
Button will move to Mclaren as Hamilton's team mate.
Just to enhance my smugness, I called this at least a month ago
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - parthiban - 05-10-2017
toxo John's prediction:
Mercedes will fill up what was Brawn with German drivers. (Heidfeld? Rosberg?)
Button will move to Mclaren as Hamilton's team mate.
Just to enhance my smugness, I called this at last a month ago
Have to admit although at first it seemed like a silly move, as soon as it started to get dragged out so much I did start to think something must be up......
Yep with the Merc buyout, I'd imagine Button will go to McLaren and the new Mercedes team will have Rosberg and Heidfeld - it'll be Britain vs. Germany! Although as long as they have one German driver, it would make more sense to keep Button at "Mercedes" as all the mechanics and stuff will have a good relationship and it will keep some momentum into 2010.......
Doesn't look good for Raikkonen though :crying:
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - Sparkystav - 05-10-2017
Not a bad shout Toxo, but what happens to Ross Brawn then?
he just takes his money and runs? keeping his little stake to make some money?
or is he contracted to the team still?
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - toxo - 05-10-2017
Ross Brawn stays on for 2010 then retires I reckon!
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - parthiban - 05-10-2017
Ross Brawn stays on as team principal - and given his past success I'd imagine he'd stay on until he wants to leave.......they'd be stupid to replace that sort of genius!
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - FirebirdPhil - 05-10-2017
So where does Kimi go?? Surly the only teams that can afford him are McLaren and maybe the re-branded Brawn team (with the vast sums of money Merc will bring to the table), which is what Button also has to decide.
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - toxo - 05-10-2017
I don't think we'll see Raikkonen racing next year. He's said before he'd only race in 2010 if he could get behind the wheel of a car that would give him the championship and I don't see how that's going to happen.
Mercedes buy the Brawn F1 team - parthiban - 05-10-2017
We'll have to wait and see how this plays out, but unless Button stays at Brawn (Mercedes), I think Kimi's out.........and if he goes, my personal opinion is that will be the end of his F1 career as once you leave I don't think you can come back.
This also explains why Heidfeld's been quite coy over the last few weeks......