Mercedes-Benz is set to buy a chunk of championship leaders Brawn GP, according to F1’s rumour mill. The German manufacturer already has a long-standing stake in McLaren, and supplies engines to Force India, but it’s apparently keen to tie up something more substantial with the Brackley-based team.
The move isn’t thought to affect Mercedes’ McLaren deal, however, with a spokesman for the Woking squad saying that everyone in the silver team is happy with Merc expanding its involvement with Brawn.
If the deal is completed, Mercedes will be bucking the trend of other car manufacturers in the sport, as Honda have already left F1, and BMW are doing the same at the end of the year.
Toyota’s participation is also looking increasingly shaky, with the manufacturer waiting until November to sign off an F1 budget.
In other news, Force India have confirmed that test driver Vitantonio Liuzzi will be in their second car from the Italian GP onwards, now that Giancarlo Fisichella is in at Ferrari to replace the injured Felipe Massa.
Massa’s previous replacement, Luca Badoer, is obviously gutted to no longer be racing for the Scuderia, and has blamed the media for getting him out of the red car.
Interestingly, the only thing Badoer managed to accomplish of any note with his outings for Ferrari is that he’s now stretched his record-holding run of grand prix scoring no points to 50 races.
Renault have been called to an FIA hearing of the World Motorsport Council to answer questions about the alleged race fixing incident.
The French outfit has said it won’t answer any questions to the outside world regarding the allegations, so we’ll have to wait and see on that.
They have said, however, that they’ll be running KERS for the Italian GP, which should help them on the long fast straights.
It’s all going a little crazy in F1 at the moment, and we haven’t even talked about Jenson’s chances at getting back to his winning ways. So we’ll leave that to you…
Second!
Third?
seriously people, comment on the topic, not on who is first.
Well seeing as no-one else wants to actually comment I shall share my usually wrong opinions!
The winner will undoubtedly be a KERS car, at 75% full throttle, Monza is the track to use it on.
As for the championship I guess this is when we find out how Button is going to do from now on. I hope he performs well against the other non KERS cars, but I have a horrible suspision he’s going to limp home……
Sounds good. It’s still a bit scary to see the cars so white. I’m sure Brawn will embrace the money. And it’s an excelent sign to see Mercedes putting money when the competition is leaving. Hopefully it will set a trend.
Ah, you mean mean media. You lied to us, Luca wasn’t last, it was al TV editing and a conspirancy because you don’t want an italian in Ferrari… yeaah, we got you…
evil media…
Sixth!!
C’mon Jenson Button, I’ll give you some of my talent!
Somehow I would prefer Brawn to be more Ferrari loyal. But it doesn’t matter does it? Keep it up Brawns!
But what’s with F1 skeptics? Is it because he’s Italian or is it because he’s slow? Or both?
8th
Still in points.
9th? Damn. But still, I really want there to be a new winner at Italy this weekend. Perhaps Alonso? I would also like the Force Indias to do well along with Fisichella in his new red seat.
As for the Brawns? Score some good points please! I’d like the Red Bulls to do an Ok job, too, Webber ideally (I prefer him), but not in such a way that he threatens Button’s place much more.
Ruby? I’d like him to be on the podium somewhere, after his bad start at Spa, he really deserves another good race.
Anyone else with me on that one?
woop tee doo 10th
Ahhh! 11th. Must get myself out of this Renault and into a Ferrari.
Singapore GP? I know nothing…
Back to what does(n’t) matter, the racing.
I’m sure this weekend a KERS car will win; Renault, Ferrari, ????. McLaren may struggle, as their cars seems to be more suited to tight, twisty circuits.
Button must really up his game. From the outside world it looks as if his performance is falling apart, and that he isn’t handling the pressure well.
Maybe he should remind himself that his championship lead hasn’t chamged recently. After all, he had a 16 point lead after 5 of 6 races, and still has a 16 point lead!
Remember Jenson, Be Positive and Be Aggressive, it’s the only way to win in your situation.
Finally, good luck to Force India. If they keep their pace up they could win (if Liuzzi and Sutil prove themselves).
i personally liked brawn’s all white cars… it gave off the feeling that it was a pure and clean racing team.
12th? not good…
I think all cars should have KERS
Well… I can’t say I’m surprised…
Ah, I see Mercedes has adopted a business skill known as “Bandwagoning”… Whatever, as long as the racing’s good, and the cars look better next year, I don’t care who owns who.
I don’t get the FIA’s Renault debarcle though – what’s the point in all-of-a-sudden deciding to investigate a race nearly a year old? I mean, there’s nothing Ferrari can gain from it…
Quick note though TG; I’m glad to see a “OMG 1st!!!!1!” post deleted, but that means that the resulting 2nd! 3rd! etc. posts don’t make any sense, thus seeming even more stupid.
I don’t think that it is a good idea for Mercedes to buy a share in Brawn GP, because apparantly, Virgin will leave Brawn with no sponsors!
So, there could be no Brawn on the 2010 grid
If Mclaren got a 100 million euro fin 2 years ago for sneaking a peak at Ferrari technology, Renault should be kissing their arses goodbye if they are found guilty. Alonso will certainly be at Ferrari for 2010 following this.
Merc are being a bit clever at the moment, don’t they own quite a bit of Mclaren as well? Next year they could be looking at being almost certain that one of the Merc teams wins everything, if they do end up buying a bit of Brawn.
12, I mean white as “no sponsors white”. I’m sure with Mercedes backing up they will get something good next year. Maybe some sponsor from BMW?
Luca Badoer blaming “media” for under performing, that’s a good one. If we have any students out there, don’t blame your dog for eating your home-work. Also, the fad is to commend what number your post is, so I have to say 20 if no one can read it.
Good news, hope Merc can keep my new team going strong, sponsors are already lined up for next year.
Suppose Badeor has something to come out of F1 with, very few drivers set records
kers cars wont do well! It’ll only help them overtake that’s it. In qualy, they’ll be towards the back of the midfield as KERS should help 3/10 seconds a lap, and the weight it carries around a high speed track will limit its speed and so will cost them 3/10 seconds, so there’s no winning or losing there.
Force India – WE SUCK AGAIN
KERS won’t triumph on a track that has 70%+ straights. It will only work for a few seconds, and is only useable once every lap. It’s good for defending and overtaking, but it also adds extra weight. Nonetheless, I really hope Hamilton grabs this weeks race, as I always do.
Badoer, I had no idea he was that bad. I knew the name, but didn’t follow F1 that closely back then. 50 races without a single point. Bravo
Fisichella for Ferrari, sure why not? He probably won’t beat Raikonnen, although he did quite well on Spa, but lets hope he does better than Badoer at least.
along the main straight they will be able to double deploy the kers.out of the parabolica past the finish line then get full charge again so will use it some of down to the 1st corner…….(adanoids working overtime)
Good for Brawn – it’s amazing that they’ve established themselves as a top-flight team in less then one year! Mercedes have a hell of an engine too. Wonder if they’ll keep the Brawn name for next year?
It’ll also be interesting to see if they keep Barrichello or go for a young star. On the subject of drivers, if Rossi and Loeb both came into F1 i’d wet my pants – F1 needs flamboyant extrovert charactors who ooze cool. No offence to Button but the guy is so bland.
@Da Ninja: #1 was taken out of the listings it seems, so you’re back in the points again. If that isn’t F1-related, I don’t what is.
Unless Buttons car is 100% he is a rubbish driver. If the car slides a little more than normal he cant keep up with Rubens with the same car. A real champion would handle it better.
Your from Durham, from which I conclude you know less then nothing.
You are the weakest of weakest links, Goodbye
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