Mercedes’ torrid Hungarian GP has gone from bad to worse as they were handed a £50,000 fine for Rosberg’s wheel loss in the pit lane and then Schumacher was given a 10 place grid penalty for Spa after nearly putting Barrichello in the pit wall. Barrichello had been catching Schumacher for a few laps and [...]

Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg has said the team have made a ‘real turnaround’. The team put on a dismal display last time out in Valencia, but they have bounced back to score a podium position with their young driver. “I had a good start today and was happy to be up to fourth place by [...]

Mercedes GP were looking for a good weekend at Silverstone after dismal qualifying and race displays in Valencia. After qualifying 15th and 12th in Valencia their display in Britain was much better, much to the relief of Nico Rosberg. “I’m really pleased with fifth place today and it shows good progress after being so far [...]

TEAM PRINCIPALS: Ross BRAWN (Mercedes), Tony FERNANDES (Lotus), Christian HORNER (Red Bull), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: First of all a little recap of how the day has gone for all of you. How have things gone for Lotus Racing? Tony FERNANDES: Tough day today. We had three gearbox failures, two on Jarno’s (Trulli) [...]

Nico Rosberg (6th, 5th) “It’s been a decent start today and we have been able to get on top of many of our problems from Valencia. We achieved some good set-up work to optimise the aero package. It’s not easy to understand and find the optimum so it was good to make progress there and [...]

There are fascinating quotes from Nico Rosberg, who has labelled Mercedes GP’s car; the W01 a ‘disaster’. Rosberg told the Cologne Express: “The problem with the tyres is well known within the team. For weeks, we have said we would move forward but nothing happened – in fact we’re going backwards. If one is twelfth [...]

Mercedes GP have announced that Nick Heidfeld will be their test and reserve driver in 2010. It was The 32-year-old German Heidfeld has participated in every F1 season from his debut in 2000, and has amassed 219 career points, and 12 podiums, but unfortunately has never won a Grand Prix. “I am very pleased to [...]

Today in Stuttgart at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the new Mercedes GP F1 livery was revealed, on last year’s Brawn GP car. Over 600 guests, including 200 media representatives and 200 Mercedes-Benz employees were present. The new silver and green livery creates a true marriage between the heritage of the Silver Arrows and the team’s title [...]

According to the German newspaper Bild, Mercedes are going to launch their 2010 car on January 25th at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Unterturkheim, Stuttgart. It also says that the chassis will be named Mercedes-Petronas RB1, with RB being the initials of team boss Ross Brawn. They also report that the returning Michael Schumacher will not [...]

Both Jenson Button and Ross Brawn have been honoured in the Queen’s New Year honours list, with Button being appointed MBE and Ross Brawn an OBE. Jenson Button who won the 2009 World Championship driving for Ross Brawn’s Brawn GP team said: “This really is the crowning glory to what has been the most incredible [...]