Car giant Mercedes-Benz is in talks about buying a shareholding in championship leaders Brawn Grand Prix. Here’s BBC with the report:
The German company, which owns 40% of McLaren, is considering taking a major interest in Brawn. McLaren, the team world champion Lewis Hamilton drives for, said they were “supportive of our partner’s plans re engine supply of other teams”. Brawn refused to comment while Mercedes told BBC Sport that “our company is not in a position to comment”.
The full statement from a Mercedes spokesman read: “Our co-operation with various Formula 1 teams obviously gives rise to various rumours, but we would like to ask for your understanding that our company is not in a position to comment. “The facts are we have a long-term contract with our partner McLaren with whom we won the last F1 world championship.” – from BBC