Mercedes’ F1 drivers on Thursday threw their weight behind Ross Brawn, amid rumours their boss is considering stepping down or even switching teams.<\/p>\n
“He’s a great boss,” Lewis Hamilton said at Suzuka, after it emerged Brawn is in talks with team chairman Niki Lauda about the 58-year-old Briton’s future.<\/p>\n
Brawn is being linked with former employer Honda’s 2015 foray with McLaren, although he has denied he has made any decisions yet.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know what his plans are for the future,” Hamilton told reporters, “but I’d like him to stay.”<\/p>\n
The 2008 world champion said his talks with Brawn were central to his decision to leave McLaren at the end of last year.<\/p>\n
“We had some really good conversations when we sat together before I made my decision,” said Hamilton.<\/p>\n
“He took me through where the team was going and was very influential in bringing me to the team.”<\/p>\n
Nico Rosberg also said he wants Brawn to stay, even if he expressed “confidence” in Mercedes’ ongoing leadership “whatever his decision is”.<\/p>\n
But “It would be great if he stays because I get on well with him and I think he’s a great team principal,” said the German.<\/p>\n
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