Ross Brawn leaves Mercedes

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I believe Marussia is his most likely destination, depending a bit if MrM returns as head of the FIA.
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Marussia as preferred winner status for the future?

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Alonso and Brawn at McLaren Honda in 2015!
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GitanesBlondes wrote:Marussia as preferred winner status for the future?

"Why look, with proper organization, even a backmarker can go from worst to first."
Right, didn't Brawn take one of his previous teams from 9th to 1st, albeit certain official aid, from one season to another?

Where is Marussia now, 9th?
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has there been an official statement from mercedes yet ?
beginning to wonder if ross has ' leaked ' this ....give me what I want or I'm off , calling their bluff , so to speak
frankly I think they would be sorry if he leaves , bear in mind he has drop dead money in his pocket ; if I had to choose between paddy and ross I know which I would want ...compare the progress between McLaren and mercedes this year
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I think mercedes progress has a bit more to do with Aldo Costa, Bob Bell, Geoff Willis, the 60% wind tunnel, bigger budget etc.

Brawn's role is supervisory/management. In much the same way domenicalli and whitmarsh are for Ferrari and Mclaren respectively.
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lebesset wrote:has there been an official statement from mercedes yet ?
beginning to wonder if ross has ' leaked ' this ....give me what I want or I'm off , calling their bluff , so to speak
frankly I think they would be sorry if he leaves , bear in mind he has drop dead money in his pocket ; if I had to choose between paddy and ross I know which I would want ...compare the progress between McLaren and mercedes this year
I think we should reassess in 2015 when McLaren has Honda power, along with Prodromou.

McLaren had a down year when they opted to try for a new front suspension.
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GitanesBlondes wrote:Marussia as preferred winner status for the future?

"Why look, with proper organization, even a backmarker can go from worst to first."
Right, didn't Brawn take one of his previous teams from 9th to 1st, albeit certain official aid, from one season to another?

Where is Marussia now, 9th?
It would look good to Russian investors too?

Brawn at Marussia would be good since we know the PR power of the man who was running the Tri-Star team would be quite significant. Russians love their Mercedes.
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Marussia will have Mercedes power next year, no?
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xpensive wrote:Marussia will have Mercedes power next year, no?
No. They are going to have the Ferrari one.

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That works, I'm sure Brawn has some Ferrai outfits at home, hope they will fit.
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GitanesBlondes wrote:
lebesset wrote:has there been an official statement from mercedes yet ?
beginning to wonder if ross has ' leaked ' this ....give me what I want or I'm off , calling their bluff , so to speak
frankly I think they would be sorry if he leaves , bear in mind he has drop dead money in his pocket ; if I had to choose between paddy and ross I know which I would want ...compare the progress between McLaren and mercedes this year
I think we should reassess in 2015 when McLaren has Honda power, along with Prodromou.

McLaren had a down year when they opted to try for a new front suspension.
how does that affect the comparison with what was achieved this year ?
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lebesset wrote:
GitanesBlondes wrote:
lebesset wrote:has there been an official statement from mercedes yet ?
beginning to wonder if ross has ' leaked ' this ....give me what I want or I'm off , calling their bluff , so to speak
frankly I think they would be sorry if he leaves , bear in mind he has drop dead money in his pocket ; if I had to choose between paddy and ross I know which I would want ...compare the progress between McLaren and mercedes this year
I think we should reassess in 2015 when McLaren has Honda power, along with Prodromou.

McLaren had a down year when they opted to try for a new front suspension.
how does that affect the comparison with what was achieved this year ?
New formula next year, no sense in wasting money and resources on a car that will be obsolete....unless you're Mercedes and you need to convince the Daimler Board not to bring the axe down on the F1 thing.
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GitanesBlondes wrote: ...
McLaren had a down year when they opted to try for a new front suspension.
So that was the problem, who could have guessed? :wink:

Marussia was perhaps stretching it, but I'd love to see him take on Mercedes-powered Williams and prove what a moron I am.
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xpensive wrote:Marussia was perhaps stretching it, but I'd love to see him take on Mercedes-powered Williams and prove what a moron I am.
First podium at Austin would be apt?