Brawn taken over by Mercedes

Motor Sport: Mercedes-Benz today announced they were taking over the Brawn GP Formula One team and

Motor Sport: Mercedes-Benz today announced they were taking over the Brawn GP Formula One team and. The team will now be known as Mercedes GP.

Mercedes engines powered Brawn’s Jenson Button to the world championship in the recently-completed season while the team also claimed the constructors’ championship.

They are now set to increase their involvement while Button has been strongly linked with a move to McLaren to team up with fellow Briton Hamilton.

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