Your View: Who’s the best team boss?
November 17, 2009 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events
There seems to be growing agreement that Mercedes’ purchase of Brawn GP was, in many ways, the German automaker’s way of hitching itself to Ross Brawn. F1B favorite Ed Gorman makes that point strongly and relatively succinctly for the Times:
The change in ownership of the Brawn GP team is all about Ross Brawn himself. In effect Mercedes Benz has spotted a chance to invest in him personally and has jumped at it, unceremoniously dropping McLaren in order to do so.
By Mercedes’ wallet, we certainly can surmise that Merc thinks much more of Brawn than Martin Whitmarsh (or Ron Dennis).
But does he outdo Christian Horner? Stefano Domenicali? Sir Frank Williams? Vijay Mallya? [That last one is an attempt at humor.]
How would you rank the current team bosses — or even the new ones for 2010, if you’re feeling adventurous.
As you think it through, keep this from Gorman in mind:
The question is what Brawn can do now that he has the might of Mercedes behind him. Most likely, with the stress of ownership lifted from his shoulders, the man Button calls “the big bear” will come into his own. Next year could be transitional in terms of drivers but once Brawn gets the right men in the cars, he could be unstoppable.
Is it Ross Brawn and then everyone else?
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