Comments on: Mercedes put faith in Brawn, Silver Arrows on the grid next year

By: One Gargantuan Monkey Fist » Blog Archive » Dangerous curves ahead for F1 as a sport.

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:51:00 +0000

[...] that piece of the news with Brawn GP, which will now be Mercedes GP, are looking to sign Nick Heidfeld. Mercedes GP have already signed Rosberg, who races under the [...]

By: Peter Freeman

Peter Freeman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:08:08 +0000

If you believe $400 million is not a reason for suspicion then I suggest you purchase the bridges yourself.

By: Kilonum

Kilonum — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:54:23 +0000

If you believe that I have a couple of bridges in New York I can sell you.

By: graham

graham — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:34:46 +0000

James,

Any word on Mac having retained it ability to veto where the MB engines go? I understand they nixed the Red Bull move. Does anyone know if they still have that power? I would think they should retain it until 2012 but they may have surrendered it to extend the supply to 2015… What thinkest thou? Any word from insiders?

By: Michael P

Michael P — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:02:48 +0000

Will not happen but imagine Shummie doing a final season with Merc!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:19:49 +0000

At least it won’t be too hard for Mercedes to improve on their return to Le Mans in 1999

By: Ed H

Ed H — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:38:07 +0000

Was a massive fan of Brawn, shame that Mercedes have bought them out, and automised them. And it looks to be that Button has left now as well as Rubens. With two drivers the team has never worked with before, a car that was developed quite late if some updates to the Brawn are to be believed, it looks like the “Silver Arrows” team is going to be a flop. I know they needed the money, but the team has sold themselves out, and the Brawn dream appears to be over. I feel quite sorry for Ross, it looks like 2010 is going to be a difficult year for him. I’ve seen this happen before, when a major Manufacturer takes over a Successful team (E.G. Stewart being taken over by Jaguar) And the result is a management that believes that pouring in money will get you world championships. It’s sad to see, I supported Brawn because It was a British team, and I thought that with an independent temas champion we would have a golden age. I have a very bad feeling about this…

By: S2K

S2K — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:59:16 +0000

Have Merc sorted out their issues with the unions? I know that their workers aren’t happy because they used to work less hours/days, being paid less, while Merc was spending billions in F1.

By: Peter Freeman

Peter Freeman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:17:15 +0000

I would disagree Penfold, indeed just as the ‘official’ story on the JFK assassination does not hold water, neither does the FIA account of Ferrari’s success. The ‘deal’ was that they would be paid more for winning… not much good if they don’t win! So why would they take that deal if they were not assured they would not win?

I am sure people are laughing at my hypothesis on how they could have been so vastly more successful than the rest of the field, however it would have been entirely possible and in fact very easy to organise and no one would have been any the wiser!

More to the point is the Nitrogen in the tires. The FIA and Ferrari say that all on their own, Ferrari had a great idea and put Nitrogen in their tires and discovered, by chance, that the tire worked best with Nitrogen in it and that Nitrogen is therefore a Ferrari secret. NOT that Bridgestone, with a multi million dollar budget and some of the foremost chemical and mechanical scientists on the planet, developed a tire to run with Nitrogen and that fact was only disclosed to Ferrari by the FIA…

No any reasonable thinking man has to conclude that a question mark hangs over Ferrari’s 5 championship run. There was a deal in place, exclusive to them.

By: Timothy Franklyn

Timothy Franklyn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:57:39 +0000

“I sense that Kimi Raikkonen is more likely to end up, if anywhere, at McLaren rather than Brawn, not just because of the financial side of things, but because of question marks over motivation and consistency. This is not me saying this, but people on the inside of the teams in question”

James, I don’t understand. Are you saying that McLaren is okay with paying him more despite having issues with his motivation and consistency? Or that Brawn GP, sorry Merc GP, isn’t sure what makes Kimi tick while McLaren does?

Thanks as always for your insights.