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Michael Schumacher - Car No 3

Nationality: GermanDate of Birth: 3 January 1969Place of Birth: Hrth-Hermlheim, GermanyLives: SwitzerlandHeight: 1.74mWeight: 68kgMarital Status: Married to Corinna with two childrenPersonal Interests: Football, Skiing, ParachutingWebsite: www.michaelschumacher.de

GP Debut: Belgium, 25 August 1991Best World Championship: World Champion - 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004First Win: Belgium, 30 August 1992Last Win: China, 1 October 2006Pole Positions: 68GP Starts: 250GP Wins: 91GP Points: 1369

2010 Formula One: MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team, Car No 32006 Formula One: Ferrari - 2

ndin Drivers Championship

2005 Formula One: Ferrari - 3rd

in Drivers Championship2004 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion2003 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion2002 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion2001 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion2000 Formula One: Ferrari - World Champion1999 Formula One: Ferrari - 5

thin Drivers Championship

1998 Formula One: Ferrari - 2nd

in Drivers Championship1997 Formula One: Ferrari - DSQ1996 Formula One: Ferrari - 3

rdin Drivers Championship

1995 Formula One: Benetton - World Champion1994 Formula One: Benetton - World Champion1993 Formula One: Benetton - 4


1992 Formula One: Benetton - 3rd

in Drivers Championship1991 Formula One: Jordan & Benetton - 13


1991 World Sportscar Championship: Team Sauber Mercedes1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft: Zakspeed Mercedes1991 Japanese Formula 3000: Team Le Mans1990 World Sportscar Championship: Team Sauber Mercedes1990 German Formula Three: WTS Racing1990 European Formula Three Cup: WTS Racing1990 Macau Grand Prix: WTS Racing1989 German Formula Three: WTS Racing1989 European Formula Three Cup: WTS Racing1989 Macau Grand Prix: WTS Racing1988 European Formula Ford 1600: Eufra Racing1988 German Formula Ford 1600: Eufra Racing1988 Formula Knig: Hoecker Sportwagenservice


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Nico Rosberg - Car No 4

Nationality: GermanDate of Birth: 27 June 1985Place of Birth: Wiesbaden, GermanyLives: MonacoHeight: 1.78mWeight: 67kgMarital Status: SinglePersonal Interests: Football, Snowboarding, Tennis, Climbing, Cycling, MusicWebsite: www.nicorosberg.com

GP Debut: Bahrain, 12 March 2006Best World Championship: 7th - 2009Podiums: 2Pole Positions: 0GP Starts: 70GP Wins: 0GP Points: 75.5

2010 Formula One: MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team, Car No 42009 Formula One: Williams - 7


2008 Formula One: Williams - 13th

in Drivers Championship2007 Formula One: Williams - 9


2006 Formula One: Williams - 17th

in Drivers Championship2005 GP2 Series: ART Grand Prix - Champion2004 Formula Three Euro Series: Team Rosberg - 4


2003 Formula Three Euro Series: Team Rosberg - 4th in Drivers Championship2002 German Formula BMW: VIVA Racing - Champion


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Ross Brawn

Team Principal

Nationality: BritishDate of Birth: 23 November 1954Place of Birth: Manchester, EnglandLives: Henley-on-Thames, England

Career History:

2010 Team Principal, MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team2010 Awarded an OBE in the Queens New Year Honours List2009 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Brawn GP/Jenson ButtonMarch 2009 Team Principal, Brawn GP Formula One TeamNovember 2007 Team Principal, Honda Racing F1 Team

2004 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher2003 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher2002 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher2001 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher2000 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Ferrari/Michael Schumacher1999 Wins Constructors Championship with Ferrari1997 Technical Director, Ferrari1995 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Benetton/Michael Schumacher1994 Wins Drivers Championship with Benetton/Michael Schumacher1991 Technical Director, Benetton F11990 Wins Team and Drivers FIA World Sports Car Championship with Jaguar Racing1989 Technical Director TWR / Jaguar Racing1986 Chief Designer, Arrows F1

1984 Chief Aerodynamicist, Force/Beatrice F11979 R&D Manager and Senior Aerodynamicist, Williams GP1978 Mechanic, Williams GP1977 Mechanic, March Engineering1976 Machinist, Williams F11971 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, Rosscompleted an apprenticeship in Engineering at the UK Atomic Energy Authority in Harwell becoming a TraineeEngineer. He got his first taste of motor racing as a machinist at Williams before joining March Engineering in1977 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 ofTechnical Director of Jaguars sports car team, which won the World Championship in 1991.

Later that year, Ross became Technical Director at Benetton, winning the Constructors Championship in 1995and assisting Michael Schumachers back-to-back Drivers Championship victories in 1994 and 1995. Rossteamed up with Michael again in 1997 at Ferrari where he became Technical Director. Ferrari went on to winthe Constructors Championship for six consecutive years between 1999 and 2004 with Schumacher takingthe Drivers Championship a further five times from 2000 to 2004.

Ross took a years sabbatical in 2007 before joining the Honda Racing F1 Team as Team Principal inNovember. When Honda announced its withdrawal from the sport in 2009, Ross and his management teamcompleted a buy-out and entered the Championship under the new name of Brawn GP. Brawn GP with enginepartners 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 ashareholder of the team and a Board Member of Mercedes GP Ltd.


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Nick Fry

Chief Executive Officer

Nationality: BritishDate of Birth: 29 June 1956Place of Birth: Epsom, EnglandLives: Oxford, England

Career History:

2010 Chief Executive Officer, MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team2009 Wins Constructors and Drivers Championships with Brawn GP/Jenson ButtonMarch 2009 Chief Executive Officer, Brawn GP Formula One Team2006 Chief Executive Officer, Honda Racing F1 Team2005 Chief Executive Officer, B.A.R Honda

2003 Wins World Rally Drivers Championship with Subaru/Petter Solberg2002 Managing Director, B.A.R F1 in addition to Prodrive responsibilities2001 Wins World Rally Drivers Championship with Subaru/Richard Burns2001 Group Managing Director, Prodrive Automotive Technology1999 Product Planning and Business Director, Ford Europe1998 Brand Manager for Large Cars, Ford Europe1996 Service Director, Ford Europe1993 Managing Director, Aston Martin1992 Director of Operations, Aston Martin1979 Product Planner, Ford Motor Company1978 Joined Ford Motor Company working in Sales and then Market Research1977 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 inEconomics from the University of Wales. Over the next 24 years he held a variety of positions within Ford inProduct Development, Marketing, Manufacturing and at Aston Martin where he was Managing Director. Nickworked with Ford in the UK, Detroit, USA, and Cologne, Germany where he spent his final two years with thecompany 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 leadingProdrive's expansion into outsourced engineering services as well as maintaining the company's position inpremier division motorsport. During this time the team won the World Rally Championship twice with clientSubaru, the GT Sports Car Class at Le Mans with Ferrari, Saloon Car Races with Ford in Australia as well asnumerous 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 RacingF1 Team in 2005. He was the helm for the team's first victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix in August 2006 andremained in his position as Chief Executive following the transfer of ownership from Honda and the creation ofthe Brawn GP Formula One Team in March 2009. Brawn GP with engine partners Mercedes-Benz went on toachieve eight Grands Prix victories in the 2009 Formula One season, winning the Constructors Championshipand the Drivers Championship with Jenson Button.

For 2010, Nick continues in his role as Chief Executive Officer for MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, in addition tobeing a shareholder of the team and a Board Member of Mercedes GP Ltd.


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Norbert Haug

Vice President, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport

Nationality: GermanDate of Birth: 24 November 1952Place of Birth: Pforzheim, GermanyLives: Stuttgart, Germany

Career History:

2010 Formula One with MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, Board Member Mercedes GP Ltd2009 Daimler AG, with Aabar Investments PJSC, takes 75.1% stake in Brawn GP2009 Customer team Brawn GP: Wins Drivers Championship with Jenson Button

and Constructors Championship2008 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: Wins Drivers Championship with Lewis Hamilton and

2nd

in Constructors Championship2007 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 2

ndin Drivers Championship with Lewis Hamilton

2006 Team McLaren Mercedes: 5th

in Drivers Championship with Kimi Raikkonenand 3

rdin Constructors Championship

2006 DTM: Champion with Bernd Schneider2005 Team McLaren Mercedes: 2

ndin Drivers Championship with Kimi Raikkonen

and 2nd

in Constructors Championship2005 DTM: Champion with Gary Paffett2004 Team McLaren Mercedes: 7

thin Drivers Championship with Kimi Raikonen

and 5th

in Constructors Championship2003 Team McLaren Mercedes: 2

ndin Drivers Championship with Kimi Raikkonen

and 3rd

in Constructors Championship2003 DTM: Champion with Bernd Schneider

2002 Team McLaren Mercedes: 5th

in Drivers Championship with David Coulthardand 3

rdin Constructors Championship

2001 Team McLaren Mercedes: 2nd

in Drivers Championship with David Coulthardand 2

ndin Constructors Championship

2001 DTM: Champion with Bernd Schneider2000 Team McLaren Mercedes: 2

ndin Drivers Championship with Mika Hakkinen

and 2nd

in Constructors Championship2000 DTM: Champion with Bernd Schneider2000 DTM Relaunch1999 Team McLaren Mercedes: Wins Drivers Championship with Mika Hakkinen

and 2nd

in Constructors Championship1998 Team McLaren Mercedes: Wins Drivers Championship with Mika Hakkinen

and Constructors Championship

1998 Drivers and Team titles in the FIA GT Championships with Klaus Ludwig1997 Team McLaren Mercedes: First win on 1 March at the Australian Grand Prix

3rd

in Drivers Championship with David Coulthard and 5th

in ConstructorsChampionship

1997 Drivers and Team titles in the FIA GT Championships with Bernd Schneider1997 Mercedes-Benz: Manufacturers Champions in CART1996 McLaren Mercedes: 4

thin Constructors Championship & 5

thin Drivers

Championship with Mika Hakkinen1995 Mercedes-Benz partnership with McLaren: 4

thin Constructors Championship

1995 DTM: Champion with Klaus Ludwig1995 ITC: Champion with Bernd Schneider1995 Mercedes-Benz enters the CART Championship1994 Mercedes-Benz wins the Indianapolis 500 with Team Penske & Al Unser Jr

1994 DTM: Champion with Klaus Ludwig1993 Formula One: Mercedes-Benz partnership with Sauber: 6

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Championship1992 DTM: Champion with Klaus Ludwig


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1990 Joins Mercedes-Benz as Head of Motorsport on 1 October1988 Deputy Chief Editor of auto motor und sport magazine1985 Chief Editor of sport auto magazine1976 Management of sport department at auto motor und sport magazine

1975 Editorial Staff at Motorpresse Stuttgart publishing house1973 Trainee at local daily newspaper in Pforzheim

Career Profile:

For almost 20 years, Norbert Haug (57) has been responsible for Mercedes-Benz motorsport activities. Enteringthe 2010 Formula One World Championship with MERCEDES GP PETRONAS represents a new highlight inNorberts career as he becomes a Board Member for Mercedes GP Ltd in addition to his responsibilities as VicePresident at Mercedes-Benz Motorsport.

Signing Michael Schumacher as one of the teams drivers alongside Nico Rosberg feels like going back to hisroots for Norbert who worked with the seven-time World Champion in 1990 and 1991 when Michael drove 17races in the Group C Sports Prototype Championship and five races in DTM for Mercedes-Benz.

Over the past two decades under Norberts leadership, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport has been at the very top ofinternational motor racing with Mercedes drivers winning Championship titles in all motorsport categories.

Since the first silver victory at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes-Benz and partner McLaren haveachieved 60 race wins together. Since entering Formula One in 1994, cars with Mercedes-Benz engines havewon over a quarter of the races in which they have competed; 68 out of 271 races (25.1 percent). McLaren-Mercedes drivers Mika Hkkinen (1998, 1999) and Lewis Hamilton (2008) plus Jenson Button (2009) incustomer team Brawn GP (now MERCEDES GP PETRONAS) took the Drivers Championship. McLaren-Mercedes (1998) and Brawn GP (2009) clinched the Constructors Championship.

Nine Drivers and 12 Team titles in DTM and ITC since 1991, Championship wins in the 1997 and 1998 FIA GTseries as well as the 1997 Manufacturers title in the American CART series add to this impressive record.

Together with partner Team Penske, Mercedes-Benz won the 1994 Indianapolis 500.

So far, Norbert Haug was responsible for 685 races for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One (287 races/68 wins),DTM/ITC (255 races/132 wins), FIA-GT (22 races/16 wins), CART (109 races/18 wins), Indianapolis (1 race/1win), Group C (8 races/1 win) and Le Mans (3 races). Mercedes-Benz drivers have won 236 of these races(34.5 percent).

Under Haug's leadership Mercedes-Benz is also engaged in the Formula 3 Euroseries since 2003 with the aimto promote young drivers. Since the first Formula 3 win with Mercedes engine by Markus Winkelhock on 17August 2003 at the Nurburgring, vehicles with Mercedes engines achieved a total of 110 race victories out of140 races (78.6%). With Jamie Green, Lewis Hamilton, Paul Di Resta, Romain Grosjean, Nico Hulkenberg and

Jules Bianchi, Mercedes-Benz won six out of possible seven Championship titles in the Formula 3 Euroseries.Moreover stood since its foundation in 2003, always a team with Mercedes-Benz engines in the "unofficial"

team standings on first position. Even drivers like Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica and Sebastien Buemi tookadvantage of the Formula 3 Euroseries and the Mercedes-Benz engine as a stepping stone to Formula 1

Cars and in particular race cars have been a part of Norberts life almost from the beginning. After being atrainee at the daily paper in his home town Pforzheim, Norbert joined sport auto magazine at the publishinghouse Motor-Presse-Verlag in Stuttgart. One year later, he moved to auto motor und sport magazine withinthe same company before becoming Chief Editor for sport auto. In 1988, Norbert returned to auto motor undsport as Deputy Chief Editor. Two years later, the board of the then Mercedes-Benz AG hired Norbert as headof the Motorsport department and from 1 October 1990 he has been responsible for all motorsport activities.


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Thomas Fuhr

Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines

Nationality: GermanDate of Birth: 2 January 1965Place of Birth: Haiger, GermanyLives: Cobham, England

Career History:

2009 Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines2007 Vice-President Purchasing & Logistics, MBUSI, Tuscaloosa2005 Vice-President Quality, MBUSI, Tuscaloosa2003 Director Manufacturing & Quality, McLaren Automotive SLR Project, Woking1989 Quality Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen Plant

1989 Graduated from University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany

Career Profile:With 20 years experience in the automotive industry with Mercedes-Benz in Germany and the United States,Thomas Fuhr took on the position of Managing Director at Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines inBrixworth, UK at the start of 2009. Thomas led the company as it rose to the challenge of providing Formula Oneengines to three teams and the implementation of the KERS energy recovery system.

For 2010, Thomas continues in his role as Managing Director with the company providing engines for Mercedes-Benz works team MERCEDES GP PETRONAS, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Force India.


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Mercedes-Benz Motorsport History

The return of the Silver Arrows in the 2010 Formula One World Championship with the new MERCEDES GPPETRONAS Formula One Team begins the latest chapter in the proud 116 year history of motorsport successfor Daimler and Mercedes-Benz.

The Silver Arrows were born on 3 June 1934 when Manfred von Brauchitsch won the Eifelrennen at theNrburgring at the wheel of a Mercedes W25. The cars white paintwork had been sanded down to meet theweight requirements and the car raced in the silver colour of its aluminium body.

On 4 July 1954, the Silver Arrows returned for the first time: Juan Manuel Fangio drove his W196 streamliner tovictory in the French Grand Prix at Reims which he won ahead of his team mate Karl Kling. It was the firstFormula One race win for Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes-Benz has been a force in motor sport since 1894. The first four cars home in the race from Paris toRouen on 22 July in that year were powered by a 954cc V2 engine designed by Gottlieb Daimler. This victoryset the ball rolling and in subsequent decades, the marque won countless races. For the Nice-Salon-Nice raceof 1901, Daimlers cars were entered under the name Mercedes for the first time, named after the daughter ofthe Daimler importer and racing driver, Emil Jellinek. The event was won by the Mercedes of the German driverWilhelm Werner.

Highlights

1903 Camille Jenatzy drives a Mercedes to victory in the Gordon Bennett race held in Ireland.

1908 Christian Lautenschlager wins the French Grand Prix in Dieppe, his Mercedes crossing the finish line ahead of

the two Benz Grand Prix cars driven by the Frenchmen Hmry and Hanriot.

1914 The top three places in the French Grand Prix are filled by 4.5-litre Mercedes racing cars. The winner is ChristianLautenschlager. Ralph de Palma takes victory in a Mercedes in the Vanderbilt race in the USA.

1915 Ralph de Palma wins the Indianapolis 500.

1926 Rudolf Caracciola takes Mercedes to a first win in the German Grand Prix on the Avus circuit in Berlin.

1927 Caracciola drives a Mercedes S to victory in the Eifelrennen, the first to be held on the Nrburgring.

1930 Caracciola is crowned European Champion at the wheel of a Mercedes SSK sports car.

1931 Caracciola takes victory in the European Hill-Climb Championships in a Mercedes SSKL.

1934 Manfred von Brauchitsch wins the Eifelrennen in a Mercedes-Benz W25 built to comply with the regulations of

the new 750kg Grand Prix formula. In order to meet the maximum weight limit, the cars white paintwork has to

be sanded down during the night, exposing its aluminium body. This heralds the birth of the Silver Arrows.Caracciola and Fagioli win the Grand Prix races in Italy and Spain.

1935 Mercedes sweeps to victory in seven Grand Prix races. Caracciola is crowned European Champion.

1936 Caracciola takes first place in the Grands Prix in Monaco and Tunis.

1937 Mercedes wins six Grands Prix: with Hermann Lang (2), Manfred von Brauchitsch (1) and Rudolf Caracciola (3).

1938 Mercedes takes four Grands Prix titles. Caracciola once again takes the European title.

1939 Mercedes wins five Grands Prix. Hermann Lang is the new European Champion.

1953 After the end of the Second World War, Mercedes-Benz resumes its motorsport activities, announcing its return

in sports car racing. Hermann Lang and Fritz Rie drive a 300 SL to victory in the Le Mans 24 Hour race, and

Karl Kling wins the Carrera Panamericana Mexico.

1954 Mercedes-Benz returns to Formula One with a triumphant 1-2 victory by Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling in

the French Grand Prix. The race marks the debut of the W196 car powered by a 2.5-litre eight-cylinder in-line

engine. Fangio follows up the win with three more first places to clinch the World Championship.


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1955 Mercedes-Benz wins six Grand Prix races with the W196. Stirling Moss takes his first British Grand Prix victory

at Aintree; Fangio records five race victories and wins his second World Championship with Mercedes.

At the end of 1955 Mercedes-Benz ceases its involvement in motorsport.

1988 On its return to motor port with the Swiss Sauber team, Mercedes-Benz enters the World Sports Prototype

Championship, lining up on the grid with its partner AMG in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM).

1989 Mercedes-Benz wins the World Sports Prototype Constructors Championship and Jean-Louis Schlesser takes

the Drivers title. The C9 finishes first and second in the 24 Heures du Mans.

1990 For the second year in succession, Mercedes-Benz wins the Constructors and Drivers titles in the World Sports

Prototype Championship with the Jean-Louis Schlesser/Mauro Baldi driver partnership. Mercedes juniors

Michael Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger experience a racing baptism of fire in Group C

sports cars.

1991 The Schumacher/Wendlinger junior driver team takes victory with the C291 at Autopolis, Japan; Mercedes-Benz

announces its withdrawal from the World Sports Prototype Championship and its decision to concentrate

instead on the DTM. The Sauber team switches its attentions to Formula One.

1992 Klaus Ludwig and the AMG team win the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) with the Mercedes 190 E.

1993 Sauber receives the support of Mercedes-Benz in Formula One -concept by Mercedes- Benz - and finishes in

sixth position in the Constructors' rankings, after taking fifth position (J. J. Lehto) in the very first race. Late that

year, Mercedes-Benz announces its motorsport concept for 1994. Following the acquisition of a holding in Ilmor

Engineering, the new package now covers the partnership with Sauber in Formula One, with Mercedes-Benz as

engine supplier, and with Penske in the IndyCar race series. Mercedes celebrates its 50th win in the DTM and

finishes the season as runner-up in the Championship.

1994 Al Unser Jr. wins the Indianapolis 500 in a Penske car powered by a Mercedes-Benz pushrod engine. Klaus

Ludwig and the AMG team take the DTM title with the Mercedes- Benz C-class. Mercedes drivers win eleven of

the series 24 races. On 28th October 1994 Mercedes-Benz and McLaren announce the signing of the contract

covering their long-term partnership in Formula One. The agreement takes effect from 1995.

1995 McLaren Mercedes finishes fourth in the Constructors Championship in its first year as a Formula One team.

Mika Hakkinen takes second place in Italy and Japan. Bernd Schneider drives his AMG C-class car to victory in

both the DTM and the International Touring Car Championship (ITC). Al Unser Jr. finishes as runner-up in the

IndyCar series.

1996 McLaren Mercedes takes fourth position in the Constructors rankings. Mika Hakkinen is fifth in the Drivers

standings with David Coulthard in seventh place. Together they achieve six podium finishes and score points on

fifteen occasions. Bernd Schneider is runner-up in the ITC with his AMG C-class, with Mercedes drivers taking

six race victories.

1997 Team McLaren Mercedes' David Coulthard wins the Australian and Italian Grands Prix races to take third place

in the Drivers table. Mika Hakkinen takes the chequered flag first in the European Grand Prix and finishes the

season in sixth position.With six wins from eleven races AMG-Mercedes and Bernd Schneider clinch the FIA GT

Championship. In the CART series Mercedes-Benz takes the manufacturers title after notching up nine wins in

17 races.

1998 Mika Hakkinen and Team McLaren Mercedes take both the Drivers and Constructors titles. Hakkinen wins

eight times, with David Coulthard taking one Grand Prix victory, and third place in the rankings. Klaus Ludwig,

Ricardo Zonta and AMG Mercedes pick up the drivers and team prizes in the FIA GT Championship. AMG

Mercedes win a record ten out of ten races. Greg Moore is victorious in two CART races with his Mercedes-Benz

powered Reynard.

1999 Mika Hakkinen retains his Formula One World Championship crown with five Grands Prix victories. Team

McLaren Mercedes finishes as runner-up in the Constructors Championship. David Coulthard wins two Grands

Prix and finishes the season fourth in the Drivers standings.

2000 Team McLaren Mercedes are the runners-up in both the Drivers Championship, with Mika Hakkinen, and the

Constructors rankings. Mika Hakkinen wins four Grands Prix and David Coulthard finishes in third position

overall, after three individual victories. Bernd Schneider takes the title in the new-format DTM with six wins.


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2001 Team McLaren Mercedes secures the runner-up positions in both the Drivers and Constructors Championships,

with David Coulthard finishing second and Mika Hakkinen fifth. Both drivers take two victories. Bernd Schneider

takes the second successive title in the new DTM with three wins. With eight wins from ten races Mercedes-

Benz is again the most successful manufacturer in the German touring car series. Mika Hakkinen stops racing in

Formula One at the end of season.

2002 Team McLaren Mercedes finishes the Constructors Championship in third place overall. David Coulthard, who

wins the Monaco Grand Prix, ends up fifth overall in the Drivers Championship whilst his new team mate Kimi

Raikkonen comes home sixth. Both drivers, as well as third driver Alexander Wurz, form the Team McLaren

Mercedes line-up for 2003. In the DTM, Mercedes-Benz drivers win five out of ten races, among those is series

newcomer Jean Alesi. Bernd Schneider takes the runner-up position and Mercedes-AMG/Vodafone win the

teams title.

2003 David Coulthard wins the seasons first race at Melbourne with Kimi Raikkonen clinching his first Grand Prix

victory two weeks later at Kuala Lumpur. The Finn finishes the season runner-up; after 16 races he was two

points behind champion Michael Schumacher. Team McLaren Mercedes finishes the Constructors

Championship in third place overall. Bernd Schneider (Vodafone AMG-Mercedes) clinches his fourth DTM title to

add to his previous in 1995, 2000 and 2001. Mercedes-Benz drivers win nine out of ten races. In the new

Formula 3 Euro Series, seven drivers in three teams race with the Mercedes-Benz engine M271 achieving six

victories out of 20 races. Christian Klien in the Mcke teams Dallara Mercedes comes home runner-up in thechampionship and wins the prestigious F3 Masters at Zandvoort. He graduates to Formula One for 2004.

2004 Kimi Raikkonen wins the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, comes home second at both Silverstone and

So Paulo and ends up third in the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix. In the Drivers World Championship he finishes

seventh overall; Team McLaren Mercedes is fifth in the Constructors Championship. David Coulthard leaves the

team after 150 Formula 1 races with Juan Pablo Montoya becoming Kimis new team mate for 2005. Gary

Paffett (C-Class AMG-Mercedes) wins three DTM Championship rounds as well as the Shanghai invitational. The

HWA team rookie ends up runner-up. Dallara Mercedes driver Jamie Green wins the Formula 3 Euro Series title.

His team mate Alexandre Prmat scores victories in the prestigious Masters at Zandvoort and the season

highlight at Macau.

2005 Team McLaren Mercedes wins 10 out of 19 Formula One races they competed in. Kimi Raikkonen wins seven

Grands Prix and Juan Pablo Montoya takes three victories. The Finn ends the season as runner-up; the team

finishes the Constructors' Championship also in second place. Gary Paffett clinches the DTM title. TheEnglishman wins five out of 11 races; Jean Alesi, Mika Hakkinen and Bernd Schneider take three more victories

for Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz also clinch the manufacturers' title and with DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-

Mercedes the teams championship. 20-year old Lewis Hamilton who has been supported by Formula One

partners McLaren and Mercedes-Benz since 1998 wins the Formula 3 Euro Series. At the wheel of the French

ASM team's Dallara Mercedes, Hamilton achieves 15 wins in 20 races.

2006 Team McLaren Mercedes finishes third in the Constructors World Championship. Kimi Raikkonen ends up fifth

overall in the drivers ranking whilst Juan Pablo Montoya comes home eighth. Following Juan Pablos departure

to Nascar Pedro de la Rosa replaced the Columbian and finishes 11th

in the final ranking. As Kimi leaves the

team at the end of the year, the driver l ine up of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for 2007 consists of double World

Champion Fernando Alonso and GP2 Champion Lewis Hamilton, as well as the test drivers Pedro de la Rosa and

Gary Paffett. In the DTM Bernd Schneider clinches his fifth title win. Mercedes-Benz drivers win six out of ten

races with Bruno Spengler taking four and Bernd Schneider two victories respectively. McLaren junior Paul di

Resta wins the Formula 3 Euroseries.

2007 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso take eight race wins out of 17

Grands Prix. With nine consecutive podium finishes in the first nine Grands Prix of his career and a total of four

wins, Lewis is the most successful rookie in 58 years of Formula One history. He ends the season runner-up

with 109 points, one point behind the World Champion. Fernando Alonso is third overall, also with 109 points. In

the DTM, Mercedes-Benz drivers achieve seven out of ten race wins, six of them with the new AMG-Mercedes C-

Class. Bruno Spengler ends the championship runner-up. The final race of the season at Hockenheim is the

brands 300th DTM race and Jamie Greens win is the 141st victory for Mercedes-Benz in the championship.

Romain Grosjean wins the Formula 3 Euro Series with a Dallara Mercedes.

2008 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton takes the Formula One World Championship title winning

five out of 18 Grands Prix. He wins the title in a dramatic final race in Brazil when he clinched fifth place in the

final corner which was enough to secure the Championship win ahead of Ferraris Felipe Massa. Lewiss team

mate Heikki Kovalainen won his first GP in Hungary and finished the season seventh overall. The VodafoneMcLaren Mercedes is runner-up in the constructors ranking. In the DTM, Mercedes-Benz drivers win five of 11

races. Paul Di Resta ends the season second overall whilst Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes takes the team

title. Nico Hlkenberg wins the Formula 3 Euro Series with a Dallara Mercedes.


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2009 Formula One cars with Mercedes-Benz engines win 10 out of 17 races of the season and customer team Brawn

GP takes the Formula One Drivers and Constructors Championships. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis

Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix the first Formula One win for a car with KERS Hybrid and the

Singapore GP and ends the World Championship fifth overall. Heikki Kovalainen ends up 12th.

In the DTM, Mercedes-Benz drivers win six out of 10 races. The Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank team wins the

Teams Championship. Gary Paffett comes home runner-up in the drivers ranking. Jules Bianchi wins theFormula 3 Euro Series with a Dallara Mercedes.

At the end of the year, Daimler and Aabar Investments PJSC together acquire a 75.1 percent share of Brawn GP

and announce that the team will participate in the 2010 season as the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One

Team with seven-times Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg. Daimler AG and

the McLaren Group agree that McLaren will buy back Daimlers 40-percent share of the McLaren Group.


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New Formula One Regulations for 2010

Refueling Ban

For the first time since 1993, refueling will be banned during Formula One races, although drivers will still berequired to come into the pits to make a compulsory tyre change.

The cars will require a larger fuel tank of around 250 litres (70-95 litres was a typical fuel fill in 2009) which willlead to a wider and longer chassis design to accommodate it. Coupled with a change to a smaller front tyre(reduced to 245mm width from 270mm), the cars will therefore run a different weight distribution.

Pit stops will be much quicker with teams estimating between 3-4 seconds and the drivers and engineers willhave to carefully manage their tyres and brakes on heavy fuel loads.

New Teams

Formula One last had 26 cars taking part in a race in 1995 but with 13 teams entered for the 2010 season, thegrid will be larger than usual. All teams will comply with a restriction on the number of trackside teampersonnel as part of the new Resource Restriction Agreement.

For Saturdays qualifying session, eight drivers will be knocked out of both Q1 and Q2, leaving 10 drivers tofight for pole position in Q3.

Points System

To take into account the increased numbers of cars, the points system has been amended. The previoussystem (10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) will change dramatically in 2010 with the race winner being awarded 25 pointsand the top ten drivers awarded points (25, 20, 15, 10, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1).

Weight

The minimum weight of the car in 2010 will be 620kg compared to 605kg in 2009.

This was introduced to offset the disadvantage faced by taller, heavier drivers in KERS-equipped cars howeverby mutual agreement, KERS will not be used in 2010.

Testing

Only four pre-season winter tests are permitted with the ban on in-season testing remaining in place.

The winter tests will take place as follows:Valencia, 1 - 3 February

Jerez, 10 - 13 FebruaryJerez, 17 - 20 FebruaryBarcelona, 25 - 28 February

One day of testing will be permitted by the FIA if a new driver is required to drive for a team during the season.To qualify, the driver should not have participated in an F1 race in the previous two years and the test will takeplace on an FIA-approved track not used for a Grand Prix.


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Team Partners

PETRONAS

PETRONAS, the acronym for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, was incorporated on 17 August 1974 under theCompanies Act 1965. It is wholly-owned by the Malaysian government and is vested with the entire ownershipand control of the petroleum resources in Malaysia through the Petroleum Development Act 1974.

Although fully-owned by the Government, PETRONAS, like any other multinational petroleum corporation,operates as a business organisation with sound business management practices and principles guided by acomplementary set of mission, vision and values.

Over the years, PETRONAS has grown to become a fully-integrated oil and gas corporation and is rankedamong FORTUNE Global 500's largest corporations in the world. PETRONAS has four subsidiaries listed on theBursa Malaysia and has ventured globally into more than 32 countries worldwide in its aspiration to be aleading oil and gas multinational of choice.

www.petronas.com.my

Aabar

Aabar Investments PJSC is a global investment company. Aabar is headquartered in Abu Dhabi and is a public joint stock company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. Founded in 2005, Aabars core foundinginvestors were the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Sovereign Wealth Fund of Abu Dhabi), and MubadalaDevelopment Company. Aabar Investments major shareholder today is the International Petroleum InvestmentCompany (IPIC) holding 71% of the companys shares. Aabar is fully committed to the highest standards of

business integrity and ethical values.

www.aabar.com

Bridgestone

Formula One provides a global stage for the company, its technology and expertise. But away from Grands Prix,there is much more to the Bridgestone Corporation. Bridgestone Motorsport is just one part of a globalcompany, which employs over 133,500 people worldwide and has offices, factories or continentalheadquarters in more than 150 countries. Its worldwide head-quarters are in Tokyo, Japan whilst thecompany's Chairman of the Board, CEO and President is Shoshi Arakawa.

Established in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi, the Bridgestone Corporation is now the world's largest manufacturerof rubber products and tyres for cars, motorcycles, agricultural, industrial and mining vehicles, airplanes, trucksand buses. In 2007 the Companies recorded net sales of 3,390.2 billion [$ 29,7 billion]. The company'sdiverse operations include the manufacture of golf clubs, tennis racquets, bicycles and industrial conveyorbelts.

www.bridgestone.com

www.bridgestonemotorsport.com


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MIG Bank

MIG BANK is a leading Swiss Forex Broker providing services to partners and clients worldwide, and the firstForex broker to become a Swiss bank. The company was established in 2003 and is based in Neuchtel,

Switzerland.

MIG BANK offers highly competitive trading conditions with the security of a Swiss bank, including tightspreads, excellent liquidity, unique margin policy, the highest level of customer service, technologicalinnovation and access to a world class research department. A professional client support team speaks over30 languages and provides Forex services to private and institutional traders in over 120 countries. MIG BANKis regulated by the FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority) and is ISO certified for qualitystandards and Information Security Management Systems. The company is a sponsor of UNICEF for the thirdyear running, supporting the rights of children everywhere.

www.migbank.com

Graham London

Founded in London by George Graham, the renowned 18th century clockmaker known as the Father of theChronograph, the Graham-London brand is part of The British Masters, an Anglo-Swiss company based at LaChaux-de-Fonds in Neuchatel, the heart of Switzerlands watch making industry.

Graham-London combines the best of Britains watch heritage with the Swiss passion for fine engineering detailto continue the spirit and dedication to timekeeping begun by Graham.

www.graham-london.com

Henri Lloyd

Henri Lloyd leads the two worlds of technical marine clothing and fashion lifestyle classics. Established in 1963by Mr. Henri and with a heritage embedded in nautical innovation and ground breaking fabric technologies,Henri Lloyd has become recognised the world over, through marine events, such as The America's Cup, andathlete sponsorship (including Triple Gold medalist Ben Ainslie OBE, as well as pioneers such as Sir RanulphFiennes and Sir Robin Knox Johnson) through to an ever advancing fashion collection.

The brand now boasts 30 Henri Lloyd stores spanning UK, Australia, the Middle East and Europe, distinctlyrecognisable for their nautical heritage and classic on trend British designs, the family run business prides itselfon the skill, intelligence and wealth of knowledge that has been bred from over 4 decades of experience. HenriLloyd continues to expand with the latest additions of a hand crafted footwear collection, a Boyswear collection

and a younger denim focused brand (HL Jeans Co) launched in 2008.

www.henrilloyd.com


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Media Contacts

Wolfgang SchattlingDirectorMercedes-Benz Motorsport Communications & Administration

T: +49 711 178 4008M: +49 160 862 4864E: [email protected]

Nicola ArmstrongCommunications ManagerMERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team

T: +44 1280 844096M: +44 7793 844549E: [email protected]

Lars Soutschka

Communications ManagerMercedes-Benz Motorsport

T: +49 711 178 4019M: +49 160 861 0393E: [email protected]

Sabine Kehm

Media & PR ConsultantMichael Schumacher

M: +49 170 247 5300M: +41 798 881 108E: [email protected]

Website: www.mercedes-gp.com

Media Website: www.mercedes-gp.com/media (user name: media, password: mercedesgp)

Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Media Website: www.media.motorsport.daimler.com

VNR Website: www.news2use.tv

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