Brawn: I would never go back to a F1 team

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In what will signal bad news for Ferrari, Ross Brawn has revealed that he has no interest in returning to Formula 1 in any role with a team, but has opened the door to a management position at the helm of the sport.

Brawn told the Telegraph in an interview, “I would never go back to a [F1] team. I did everything I can in a team, but I would be repeating myself.”

The 61 year old added, “For sure, trying to help F1 become a better F1 would be appealing. It would be the one thing that could be interesting.” Read that report here>>>

With word out that a climate of fear currently exists at Maranello, Brawn sees similarities to the time he began with the team two decades ago, “When I arrived it was a team that didn’t have enough confidence. We eliminated that. Operating in a climate of fear doesn’t work. There shouldn’t be demands made on the basis of what’s going to happen if you fail.”

The dominant Mercedes team of today, morphed from his own F1 world championship winning Brawn GP outfit. And though he did spend time with the new era Silver Arrows, he soon felt marginalised by the likes of Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda and he departed in 2013.

But Brawn is impressed with what the team and their management have achieved since then, “They’ve picked the ball up. I said this to Toto. You had a great opportunity and you took it and made it much stronger now. The team looks fabulous.”

As for the title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, two drivers Brawn has worked with and knows well, he said, “Nico will put in a more consistent performance over the year, but would never quite reach the highs that Lewis could. But then Lewis dips down a bit. He’s more emotional in his approach.”

“I think Nico has a few people close to him who he can rely on. With Lewis I’ve not seen any signs that he has that support. You don’t need those battles in the middle of a championship which is intense enough already. But sometimes people vent their spleen. That’s why if there were a mentor or confidante he could vent those frustrations out on them,” mused Brawn.

Interestingly the Englishman is rooting for the “tough little bugger” Rosberg wins the title, “He’s very resilient. He slips behind a bit, then he has a good talking to himself and comes back. A lot of drivers, having been punished by Lewis for a couple of years, would have gone away.”

“In many ways I would like him to win the world championship because he’s done a fabulous job of getting beaten and coming back,” said Brawn.

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