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Michael Schumacher - Car No 3 Michael Schumacher - Car No 3 Nationality: German Date of Birth: 3 January 1969 Place of Birth: Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany Lives: Switzerland Height: 1.74m Weight: 68kg Marital Status: Married to Corinna with two children Personal Interests: Football, Skiing, Parachuting Website: www.michaelschumacher.de GP Debut: Belgium, 25 August 1991 Best World Championship: World Champion - 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 First Win: Belgium, 30 August 1992 Last Win: China, 1 October 2006 Pole Positions: 68 GP Starts: 250 GP Wins: 91 GP Points: 1369 2010 Formula One: MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team, Car No 3 2006 Formula One: Ferrari - 2nd in Drivers’ Championship 2005 Formula One: Ferrari - 3rd in Drivers’ Championship 2004 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion 2003 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion 2002 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion 2001 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion 2000 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion 1999 Formula One: Ferrari - 5th in Drivers’ Championship 1998 Formula One: Ferrari - 2nd in Drivers’ Championship 1997 Formula One: Ferrari - DSQ 1996 Formula One: Ferrari - 3rd in Drivers’ Championship 1995 Formula One: Benetton - World Champion 1994 Formula One: Benetton - World Champion 1993 Formula One: Benetton - 4th in Drivers’ Championship 1992 Formula One: Benetton - 3rd in Drivers’ Championship 1991 Formula One: Jordan & Benetton - 13th in Drivers’ Championship 1991 World Sportscar Championship: Team Sauber Mercedes 1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft: Zakspeed Mercedes 1991 Japanese Formula 3000: Team Le Mans 1990 World Sportscar Championship: Team Sauber Mercedes 1990 German Formula Three: WTS Racing 1990 European Formula Three Cup: WTS Racing 1990 Macau Grand Prix: WTS Racing 1989 German Formula Three: WTS Racing 1989 European Formula Three Cup: WTS Racing 1989 Macau Grand Prix: WTS Racing 1988 European Formula Ford 1600: Eufra Racing 1988 German Formula Ford 1600: Eufra Racing 1988 Formula König: Hoecker Sportwagenservice Nico Rosberg - Car No 4 Nationality: German Date of Birth: 27 June 1985 Place of Birth: Wiesbaden, Germany Lives: Monaco Height: 1.78m Weight: 67kg Marital Status: Single Personal Interests: Football, Snowboarding, Tennis, Climbing, Cycling, Music Website: www.nicorosberg.com GP Debut: Bahrain, 12 March 2006 Best World Championship: 7th - 2009 Podiums: 2 Pole Positions: 0 GP Starts: 70 GP Wins: 0 GP Points: 75.5 2010 Formula One: MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team, Car No 4 2009 Formula One: Williams - 7th in Drivers’ Championship 2008 Formula One: Williams - 13th in Drivers’ Championship 2007 Formula One: Williams - 9th in Drivers’ Championship 2006 Formula One: Williams - 17th in Drivers’ Championship 2005 GP2 Series: ART Grand Prix - Champion 2004 Formula Three Euro Series: Team Rosberg - 4th in Drivers’ Championship 2003 Formula Three Euro Series: Team Rosberg - 4th in Drivers’ Championship 2002 German Formula BMW: VIVA Racing - Champion Ross Brawn Team Principal Nationality: British Date of Birth: 23 November 1954 Place of Birth: Manchester, England Lives: Henley-on-Thames, England Career History: 2010 Team Principal, MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team 2010 Awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2009 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Brawn GP/Jenson Button March 2009 Team Principal, Brawn GP Formula One Team November 2007 Team Principal, Honda Racing F1 Team 2004 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher 2003 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher 2002 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher 2001 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher 2000 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher 1999 Wins Constructors’ Championship with Ferrari 1997 Technical Director, Ferrari 1995 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Benetton/Michael Schumacher 1994 Wins Drivers’ Championship with Benetton/Michael Schumacher 1991 Technical Director, Benetton F1 1990 Wins Team and Drivers’ FIA World Sports Car Championship with Jaguar Racing 1989 Technical Director TWR / Jaguar Racing 1986 Chief Designer, Arrows F1 1984 Chief Aerodynamicist, Force/Beatrice F1 1979 R&D Manager and Senior Aerodynamicist, Williams GP 1978 Mechanic, Williams GP 1977 Mechanic, March Engineering 1976 Machinist, Williams F1 1971 Trainee Engineer, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Career Profile: Ross Brawn was educated at Reading School although he was born in Manchester. In the 1970s, Ross completed an apprenticeship in Engineering at the UK Atomic Energy Authority in Harwell becoming a Trainee Engineer. He got his first taste of motor racing as a machinist at Williams before joining March Engineering in 1977 as a mechanic. Ross then returned to the Williams team and rose to the position of R&D Manager and Senior Aerodynamicist. In 1986 Ross became Chief Designer at Arrows and then moved to take the position of Technical Director of Jaguar’s sports car team, which won the World Championship in 1991. Later that year, Ross became Technical Director at Benetton, winning the Constructors’ Championship in 1995 and assisting Michael Schumacher’s back-to-back Drivers’ Championship victories in 1994 and 1995. Ross teamed up with Michael again in 1997 at Ferrari where he became Technical Director. Ferrari went on to win the Constructors’ Championship for six consecutive years between 1999 and 2004 with Schumacher taking the Drivers’ Championship a further five times from 2000 to 2004. Ross took a year’s sabbatical in 2007 before joining the Honda Racing F1 Team as Team Principal in November. When Honda announced its withdrawal from the sport in 2009, Ross and his management team completed a buy-out and entered the Championship under the new name of Brawn GP. Brawn GP with engine partners Mercedes-Benz went on to achieve eight Grands Prix victories in the 2009 Formula One season, winning the Constructors’ Championship and the Drivers’ Championship with Jenson Button. For 2010, Ross continues in his role as Team Principal for MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, in addition to being a shareholder of the team and a Board Member of Mercedes GP Ltd. Nick Fry Chief Executive Officer Nationality: British Date of Birth: 29 June 1956 Place of Birth: Epsom, England Lives: Oxford, England Career History: 2010 Chief Executive Officer, MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team 2009 Wins Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships with Brawn GP/Jenson Button March 2009 Chief Executive Officer, Brawn GP Formula One Team 2006 Chief Executive Officer, Honda Racing F1 Team 2005 Chief Executive Officer, B.A.R Honda 2003 Wins World Rally Drivers Championship with Subaru/Petter Solberg 2002 Managing Director, B.A.R F1 in addition to Prodrive responsibilities 2001 Wins World Rally Drivers’ Championship with Subaru/Richard Burns 2001 Group Managing Director, Prodrive Automotive Technology 1999 Product Planning and Business Director, Ford Europe 1998 Brand Manager for Large Cars, Ford Europe 1996 Service Director, Ford Europe 1993 Managing Director, Aston Martin 1992 Director of Operations, Aston Martin 1979 Product Planner, Ford Motor Company 1978 Joined Ford Motor Company working in Sales and then Market Research 1977 Graduated from University of Wales Career Profile: Nick Fry began his career with the Ford Motor Company in 1977 as a graduate trainee after gaining a degree in Economics from the University of Wales. Over the next 24 years he held a variety of positions within Ford in Product Development, Marketing, Manufacturing and at Aston Martin where he was Managing Director. Nick worked with Ford in the UK, Detroit, USA, and Cologne, Germany where he spent his final two years with the company as Product Planning and Business Director for Ford Europe. In January 2001, Nick joined Prodrive in the role of Managing Director where he was responsible for leading Prodrive's expansion into outsourced engineering services as well as maintaining the company's position in premier division motorsport. During this time the team won the World Rally Championship twice with client Subaru, the GT Sports Car Class at Le Mans with Ferrari, Saloon Car Races with Ford in Australia as well as numerous other events. Nick also took on the responsibility of Managing Director of the BAR Honda Formula One Team as part of a Prodrive management agreement to restructure the team. Instrumental in negotiating Honda's subsequent purchase of the team, Nick became CEO of the Honda Racing F1 Team in 2005. He was the helm for the team's first victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix in August 2006 and remained in his position as Chief Executive following the transfer of ownership from Honda and the creation of the Brawn GP Formula One Team in March 2009. Brawn GP with engine partners Mercedes-Benz went on to achieve eight Grands Prix victories in the 2009 Formula One season, winning the Constructors’ Championship and the Drivers’ Championship with Jenson Button. For 2010, Nick continues in his role as Chief Executive Officer for MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, in addition to being a shareholder of the team and a Board Member of Mercedes GP Ltd. Norbert Haug Vice President, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Nationality: German Date of Birth: 24 November 1952 Place of Birth: Pforzheim, Germany Lives: Stuttgart, Germany Career History: 2010 Formula One with MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, Board Member Mercedes GP Ltd 2009 Daimler AG, with Aabar Investments PJSC, takes 75.1% stake in Brawn
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