16 November 2009
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed its buyout of the Champion Brawn GP team on Monday. Following an announcement from the German manufacturer, Nico Rosberg is likely to be the lead driver with Champion Jenson Button now strongly tipped for a move to McLaren alongside compatriot Lewis Hamilton.
With a Mercedes press conference having been staged in German capital Berlin early on Monday afternoon, the manufacturer explained its takeover of the ex-Honda outfit, with Ross Brawn remaining as Team Principal. He and Chief Executive Nick Fry will hold a 24.9% stake in the Brackley outfit with Mercedes and Abu Dhabi company Aabar Investments, a shareholder of the manufacturer, taking the remaining 75.1%.
"Brawn GP has been through an incredible journey over the last 12 months," Ross Brawn commented. "From fighting for our survival to forging a strong relationship with Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines, winning both the Constructors' and Drivers' World Championships, and now accepting Daimler (Mercedes owner) and Aabar's offer to buy our team, which will secure its future."
As Mercedes returns as a team in its own right for the first time since 1955, it has also been confirmed that its long-standing engine partnership with McLaren will continue until at least the end of 2015, although the Woking squad is no longer the Mercedes works outfit.
As a result, Nico Rosberg and Nick Heidfeld are now expected to make an all-German line-up at the newly-named Mercedes-Benz GP, with Jenson Button joining Hamilton in what would be an all-British Champion affair at McLaren.
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/11/16/brawn-gp-becomes-mercedes-benz-gp/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ross Brawn+Mercedes 這組合應該是目前眾車隊中最"殺"的吧
