16-Nov-09: Mercedes Buy Control of Brawn GP
November 16, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Daily F1 News
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Welcome to F1 Minute, it’s the 16th November 2009.
There is only one topic of conversation today and that is Mercedes’ purchase of Brawn GP. The engine manufacturer confirmed they have taken 45.1% of the team, with the current stakeholders only keeping 24.9%. It’s not a done deal, as the EU still need to look into it, but they have already decided on the new name for the team – Mercedes GP, and a potential new livery – very silver.
McLaren will still run Mercedes engines, with the deal potentially running until 2015, and it looks as though the new deal doesn’t affect them too much. However, much of the speculation is over how the driver lineups will turn out. There’s talk that Button could move to partner Hamilton, or he could stay with his original team. There’s also thoughts that Rosberg or Heidfeld might be signed up, whilst of course Raikkonen’s future remains up in the air with this news. The team aren’t confirming anything on that front just yet.
That’s all for now, I’ll be back tomorrow with another F1 Minute.
Stephan on Tue, 17th Nov 2009 20:37
Excellent. This wrong-foots BMW, and hopefully prods Mr Piech in Wolfsburg to finally get an Audi-Porsche-Bugatti-Lamborghini-VW etc F1 team started. Imagine an Audi F1 car with engine by Porsche!!
F1 on Mon, 7th Dec 2009 18:57
This should hopefully boost the success of the brawn team even further in its new guise. Could be good for the sport overall. And if Brawn stays on then that could strengthen things further.