Ross Brawn lacked confidence in Wolff and Lauda

It's in a book called Total competition, that Ross Brawn, co-author with Adam Parr formerly responsible for Williams F1, retraced in particular the episode of his departure from Mercedes at the end of season 2013.

After selling his Brawn GP team to the German brand at the end of 2009 after obtaining the Drivers' (with Jenson Button) and Manufacturers' titles, the Briton remained involved as Team Principal of the team before leaving his position before the start from the V6 turbo/hybrid Power Unit era.

“What happened at Mercedes was that people were imposed on me who I couldn't trust, comments Brawn, as mentioned by Reuters who was able to obtain a version of the work. I didn't really know what they were trying to do. I mean Niki (Lauda) would tell me one thing, then I would hear him say something else.

I was starting to work with people I ultimately couldn't trust, people on the team who had already failed in their approach. »

Brawn also looks back on the arrival of Paddy Lowe within Mercedes, discovered in early 2013 by the Briton. “When I asked Toto questions (Wolff) and Niki on this subject, they blamed each other. I met with them to discuss the subject, but they pointed fingers at each other. »

The book Total Competition will be available from November 3.