What Next for Ross Brawn?

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Published: November 1, 2013

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For one of the most successful team principals in the history of Formula 1, the sun is setting on a glittering career.

Current Mercedes Motorsport boss Ross Brawn will quit the team at the end of the season, at least according to reports on BBC Sport earlier in the week.

Should Brawn walk away from the sport, he can do so with his head held high. He has been instrumental in the success of practically every team he has been involved with, winning constructors’ and drivers’ titles with Michael Schumacher at Benetton before bagging six consecutive titles at Ferrari with the same driver.

More success followed when he launched a takeover of Honda in 2009, winning both constructors’ and drivers’ titles in a team bearing his own name.



But things have not all gone according to plan so far at Mercedes, and the goal of winning the championship still seems a distant one given the dominance of Red Bull and the team’s well documented struggle with making the Pirelli tyres work.

Paddy Lowe, who arrived at Mercedes from McLaren in the summer, is seen as Brawn’s natural successor, as reported at the time by Autosport.

But whilst all the signs point to Brawn leaving Mercedes at the end of the season, there still may be a chance he will be persuaded to stay, and that is certainly the aim of non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, who was reported in The Times via Autosport that a decision had not been reached.

The speculation is total rubbish. The situation is absolutely clear. I spoke to Ross a while ago and we agreed that he will come back to me after the final race of the season in Brazil to tell me whether he wants to stay or go. I am trying everything I can to encourage and motivate him to stay. I am the one who asked him to stay. I want him to do it but it is not my decision, it is his decision. If he stays he will be team principal - nothing else - o...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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