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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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New F1 teams for Mercedes fans

I haven't been much of a McLaren fan the past few years, but as a Mercedes owner I have a new team to root for this season - Brawn GP. The Brawn team showed amazing speed during pre-season testing and backed that up with a debut front row qualifying result in Australia.

I'm really pulling for Rubens Barrichello to win the championship. Rubens finally has the car to win without the constraint of contractual number 2 status. The guy just has such a positive attitude and work ethic, and never whines. He deserves to cap his career off with a F1 title.

The other Mercedes team this season is Force India. It will be interesting to see if this minnow team can mix it up with McLaren.

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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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Agreed.....Perhaps we see Rubens smile for a change??
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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He certainly has potential, he still has the record for fastest laps in Monza and Montreal - the two fastest F1 circuits and he did that when he was driving along Schumacher.
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