Brawn 100% Selling Out Of Team
Brawn 100% Selling Out Of Team
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Mr Senna

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1,044 posts

238 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula...

I wonder how long Ross will hang around?


georgetuk

205 posts

247 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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Been expected for a while, Mercedes always wanted their own team, and Brawn never wanted to be a team owner (who as an individual would, so much risk!).

He'll be there a while, seems to be enjoying the challenger of not being at the front and getting there...

BBS-LM

3,978 posts

253 months

Monday 28th February 2011
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I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.

Roo

11,504 posts

236 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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BBS-LM said:
I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.
Exactly what I said to the wife last night.

Bought the team for next to nothing with a car already developed at someone elses expense and promptly won the WDC with it, then sells out.

Soovy

35,829 posts

300 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Roo said:
BBS-LM said:
I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.
Exactly what I said to the wife last night.

Bought the team for next to nothing with a car already developed at someone elses expense and promptly won the WDC with it, then sells out.
Fair play to him. Clever boy.


anonymous-user

83 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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BBS-LM said:
I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.
"hello, cashier, there doesn't seem to be enough space in the "amount" box on my "paying in form", do you mind if i write some of the zero's in the margin........." ;-)


woof

8,456 posts

306 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Soovy said:
Roo said:
BBS-LM said:
I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.
Exactly what I said to the wife last night.

Bought the team for next to nothing with a car already developed at someone elses expense and promptly won the WDC with it, then sells out.
Fair play to him. Clever boy.
Honda's decision to pull out on F1 (having spent £100millions on the 2009 car) shirley has to be one of the worst corporate decisions ever !


petery

357 posts

239 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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The chances are it may never have won as a Honda, the engines they had was never that great. The Mercedes engine was just the one that fitted best in the Honda/Brawn

skinny

5,269 posts

264 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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i'm sure i read that brawn has made upwards of $20m from buying and selling the brawn team

stuttgartmetal

8,145 posts

245 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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and the fact that he'd interpreted the double undertray in a way that hadn't been done before, and of course the fact that the fia allowed the interpretation to be legal, and the fact that bernie wanted him involved in F1.

Gillet

639 posts

238 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Clever clever man, and I bet you the money means very little to him, lucky bd!

I get a feeling we'll see Mercedes winning a championship before he leaves for good.

Derek Smith

49,689 posts

277 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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We've had Patrick Head selling his shares, now Brawn divesting himself of his assets. FW is floating his company, spreading the risk. There seems to be a trend.

Has it got anything to do with the new concord agreement? This will be the biggest thing to hit F1. The negotiations appear to be behind closed doors, courtesy of the new boss, and this would allow those with information as to the way it is going to plan their response.

Of course it would, presumably, allow Merc to make an informed decision as to whether it was worth the investment so the fact that they obviously do is probably a positive. Perhaps the new rules will encourage more manufacturers into the sport. Certainly just one big one is not particularly good news.

Stack

795 posts

216 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Yes Nick Fry also made a killing selling his Brawn shares...

He worked at Bar & Honda for a number of years & was about as much us as a chocolate fireguard & made very little contribution apart from grinning into the tv cameras& now he is quids in

The man is a genius.....!


skinny

5,269 posts

264 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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yeah to be honest that bugs me a bit more than brawn, who does bring quite a lot to the table arguably was the reason the project went ahead (for example, honda probably wouldn't have sold the team to me, even tho i did actually have the money available at the time). but nick fry's cv appears to consist of gurning on the camera, losing all the sponsors from the honda team and allowing the earth dreams nonsense, and then sinking super aguri as they were embarassing his own team. and that he's made millions seems about as right as bankers bonuses.

Roo

11,504 posts

236 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Soovy said:
Roo said:
BBS-LM said:
I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.
Exactly what I said to the wife last night.

Bought the team for next to nothing with a car already developed at someone elses expense and promptly won the WDC with it, then sells out.
Fair play to him. Clever boy.
Without a doubt.

DSM2

3,624 posts

229 months

Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Roo said:
Soovy said:
Roo said:
BBS-LM said:
I wonder how mush Ross and his team made on that little deal, laughing all the way to the bank could be one way to describe the situation.
Exactly what I said to the wife last night.

Bought the team for next to nothing with a car already developed at someone elses expense and promptly won the WDC with it, then sells out.
Fair play to him. Clever boy.
Without a doubt.
Why is he so clever? He took a fantastically fortunate opportunity, that's all.

As for winning a championship, I would bet they never do now.

MB won't have the balls to fund competitively against RBR, F and McL, and RB and MS will jump ship once this all becomes clear.

That'll be the beginning of the end.

I hope I'm wrong but the signs are already there.

lord summerisle

8,173 posts

254 months

Wednesday 2nd March 2011
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Roo said:
Exactly what I said to the wife last night.

Bought the team for next to nothing with a car already developed at someone elses expense and promptly won the WDC with it, then sells out.
Equally, when i visited the Brawn factory on a Marshal's club tour after the Merc take over had been announced (a day or 2 before) the question was asked, the reply being Brawn wouldnt have been able to race in 2010, as the continuing funding agreed with Honda ended after 2009, there was no money avaiable to race in 2010 without new buyer coming in.

They did what they had to do, at the time to keep the team going.

KaraK

13,785 posts

238 months

Wednesday 2nd March 2011
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The management buyout was only ever intended to be a short term measure I believe, Brawn and Fry took a huge gamble and with a combination of playing it to perfection and a chunk of luck it turned out very nicely for them so I say fair play and well done!