An announcement about Ross Brawn’s departure from Mercedes is now imminent.<\/p>\n
Germany’s normally-reliable Sport Bild says the news is coming “later this week”, at the end of a period of strong speculation that the Brackley based team will install Paddy Lowe as the new boss.<\/p>\n
Mercedes, and particularly chairman Niki Lauda, have made efforts to keep 58-year-old Briton Brawn on board in another role.<\/p>\n
But the big rumour is he could be headed back to Ferrari, where as technical director he presided over Michael Schumacher’s ultra-dominant cars of last decade.<\/p>\n
“Let’s see,” Brawn told the British broadcaster Sky on Sunday in Brazil, after he was spotted meeting in Stefano Domenicali’s Interlagos circuit office.<\/p>\n
“We will advise everyone in good time, but it’s a pretty exciting year next year, so let’s see what happens,” he added.<\/p>\n
Asked if Brazil was in fact his ‘goodbye’ to F1 altogether, Brawn smiled as he insisted: “(This is) not an answer.”<\/p>\n
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