Mercedes hopes to keep same drivers in 2011

Team boss Ross Brawn in Turkey said he hopes Mercedes lines up with an identical driver lineup in 2011.

Both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher have contracts that extend beyond 2010.

But while Rosberg has been facing rumours that the German team is favouring Schumacher, some have predicted that the seven time world champion might not be willing to prolong what has been a difficult return to F1 so far.

When asked at Istanbul Park if the pair are staying on, Brawn answered: “I hope so.

“Do you know something I don’t? We’re pleased with the drivers, they’re both enjoying themselves, so yes,” he added.

As for whether 41-year-old Schumacher is tiring of the struggle to regain his dominance of past years, Brawn is quoted by Germany’s Die Welt as saying the famous German “knew it would be an enormous challenge”.

(GMM)

0 comments

Other articlesgo to homepage

	Force India wants to keep di Resta in 2013(0) Vijay Mallya on Thursday admitted he would like to keep the same driver lineup for his Force India team in 2013. There has been speculation that Paul di Resta has caught the eye of top teams including Ferrari and Mercedes. “Paul is a huge asset and a very valuable asset to us,” insisted the team’s

	McLaren set to offer Hamilton $150m(0) McLaren is offering Lewis Hamilton a lucrative new contract for 2013 and beyond, British newspapers are reporting from Monaco. The stories – in all the major dailies including the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Express, the Star, the Sun, the Mirror and the Times – consistently contradicted an earlier rumour that Hamilton might need

	Ferrari signs new aero boss Bigois(0) Ferrari has signed a well-known F1 aerodynamicist to run its Maranello wind tunnel. That is the claim of the authoritative Italian publication Autosprint, who first reported the move as a rumour a month ago. Autosprint’s correspondent Alberto Antonini said Loic Bigois, a 52-year-old Frenchman, will now “definitely” move from Mercedes in mid-September, although an official

	Lotus says no to Raikkonen’s rally request(0) Lotus has refused Kimi Raikkonen permission to contest this year’s Rally Finland. The Finn, who returned to formula one in 2012 after two years in world rallying, admitted this week he wanted to do the Finnish rally in August but “you’ll have to ask the team if it fits in my contract”. “Contractually he cannot

	Force India no winner in 2012 roulette(0) As the roulette wheel spins in 2012, Nico Hulkenberg has admitted he finds himself without a chip on the board. McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull and Williams have already won so far this season, whilst Lotus and Sauber have shown genuinely winning pace. The three backmarkers aside, that leaves just Force India and Toro Rosso