{"id":20087,"date":"2013-12-03T06:53:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T11:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=20087"},"modified":"2013-12-03T06:53:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T11:53:05","slug":"brawn-admits-f1-return-possible-after-sabbatical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/brawn-admits-f1-return-possible-after-sabbatical\/","title":{"rendered":"Brawn admits F1 return possible after &#8216;sabbatical&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ross Brawn has confirmed reports he could return to formula one, after stepping down as Mercedes&#8217; team boss.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Ross-Brown-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2013-rif-images\/f1-2013-persons\/Ross-Brown-1.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>Mercedes&#8217; team chairman Niki Lauda, who tried to convince the Briton to stay at Brackley in a new role, said on Monday he would &#8220;not be surprised&#8221; if Brawn eventually returns to the paddock after a &#8220;fishing&#8221; break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really tried hard but he stays a consultant to me, which I think is very good and important,&#8221; Lauda is quoted by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The British newspaper The Mirror quoted Brawn, 58, as saying he will take &#8220;a few months off&#8221; and then &#8220;see how things pan out&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He has been linked with a return to F1 with his former employer Ferrari, or even a reunion with Honda, who after pulling out of the sport in 2008 will supply works engines to McLaren in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Lauda even said a new role at the FIA is a possibility for Brawn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe around the summer time I&#8217;ll decide what&#8217;s happening &#8212; it is a sabbatical,&#8221; Brawn said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think if I get involved again in motor sport it will be formula one, but I&#8217;m very open minded,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it depends what motivates me, and what people offer, so we&#8217;ll see what happens in the summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ross Brawn has confirmed reports he could return to formula one, after stepping down as Mercedes&#8217; team boss. Mercedes&#8217; team chairman Niki Lauda, who tried to convince the Briton to stay at Brackley in a new role, said on Monday he would &#8220;not be surprised&#8221; if Brawn eventually returns to the paddock after a &#8220;fishing&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,5300,5340,598,35],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20088,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20087\/revisions\/20088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}