Question: Ross, how satisfied are you with the MGP W01?
Ross Brawn: We are not quite as well prepared as I would like to be, but we are getting there. It’s been quite a difficult winter. I think as it was the first winter with 450 people, as opposed to 700, we’ve felt the loss in a few areas. But I’m reasonably happy with the car. It’s showing good promise. We need to keep up our development speed, and then we should be okay.
Question: What feedback have you had from Schumacher?
Ross Brawn: Well, we haven’t got the car working consistently. I think that is one of the challenges we have. When the car is well balanced it’s good, but we are having a few difficulties finding a consistent balance. That’s a little frustrating. But we are starting to understand what we need to do now.
Question: Recently there has been a reshuffle of the Mercedes GP board, but there seems to be some debate about who is in and who is out. Can you clarify the situation?
Ross Brawn: It is very clear. There has not been a reshuffle of the Mercedes GP board - it was the creation of the Mercedes GP board. Before the shares were sold, the team consisted of six directors. When the team was sold five of those people remained on the management board of the team, but they don’t have directorships. Half of those directorships passed up into the overseeing board, which are three Mercedes members, two Aabar members and myself. I represent the minority shareholders on the board. It’s a steering board, rather than an operational board. The operational board - or managing group - is still the same. Nothing has changed.
Question: Now the team is Mercedes GP is there more pressure to succeed?
Ross Brawn: Of course it has a different perspective, but I had that feeling for ten years at Ferrari. It’s something that you get used to. You keep your head down, you focus and you work. We want to win races, and if we don’t win races we will be deeply disappointed. Obviously there is a lot more media attention, or at least a different type of media attention with Mercedes. But there are also a lot of benefits from the relationship with Mercedes, so I see it as a positive thing.
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