Ross Brawn has dismissed suggestions that Jenson Button was forced out of Mercedes GP to make way for Michael Schumacher – but has admitted talks with the two drivers ‘overlapped’. Despite becoming World Champion and helping secure the Constructors Championship for Brawn GP, Button decided to join McLaren and form a British Dream Team with [...]

Michael Schumacher: “MERCEDES GP PETRONAS represents a new challenge for me both in a sporting and a personal context. It is a new chapter in my racing career and I am really looking forward to working with my old friend Ross Brawn and my companions from my days with the Mercedes Junior Programme. I am [...]

It has been subject to speculation for a long time, but I can confirm it is now true: Michael Schumacher will race in Formula 1 in 2010 for the Mercedes team, after 3 years out. The 7 time World Champion Schumacher has been in discussions with the Mercedes team for over a month, and has [...]

It’s the one question on everyone’s lips – will Michael Schumacher return in 2010 with Mercedes? And while there has been no official announcement, the rumours just won’t go away. Does Schumacher want to race in 2010? The answer has got to be a solid yes. The seven-times champion was gutted not to be able [...]

Giancarlo Fisichella is not ruling out a return to racing – judging by his latest comments on the vacant seat at Sauber. Fisi raced for the Swiss team alongside Ferrari‘s Felipe Massa in 2004, and although he is contracted as Ferrari’s test driver for the 2010 season, the close ties between Ferrari and the Sauber [...]

Mercedes have today announced one half of their line up for the 2010 season – Nico Rosberg. The 24-year-old German Rosberg, previously at Williams is the son of  former F1 world champion Keke Rosberg. Nico has never won a race in his 70 Grand Prix starts, and has only ever scored 2 podiums, but he [...]

It seemed that Button was on the verge of signing for McLaren, but the newspaper The Times is tonight reporting that Brawn GP have offered Button what he wanted – an £8mill deal to keep him at the team which will run under the Mercedes name next season. It was expected that Mercedes had their [...]

Mercedes Benz have today bought a 75% stake in the Brawn GP team. On the official Brawn GP website they explained the details of the transaction: Daimler AG together with Aabar Investments PJSC will take over 75.1 per cent of the Brawn GP team, with Daimler taking 45.1 per cent and Aabar 30 per cent. The [...]

Nico Rosberg has confirmed to the Reuters news agency that he will leave Williams at the end of the season after four years with the British team.