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Brawn hopes for unchanged line-up in 2011

ESPNF1 Staff
May 29, 2010 « Franchitti and Dixon fastest on Carb Day | »

Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn said he hopes Mercedes will field an identical driver line-up in 2011.

Although both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher have contracts that extend beyond 2010, there has been speculation Schumacher might not be willing to prolong what has been a difficult return to F1 so far.

When asked at Istanbul Park if the pair are staying on, Brawn answered: "I hope so … do you know something I don't? We're pleased with the drivers, they're both enjoying themselves … so yes."

As for whether Schumacher was tiring of the struggle to regain his dominance of past years, Brawn is quoted by Germany's Die Welt as saying the famous German "knew it would be an enormous challenge".

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