Mercedes GP Petronas

The new Mercedes team under the leadership of Norbert Haug and team principal Ross Brawn have signed a new long term agreement with Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas and will be called Mercedes GP Formula One Team.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Petronas is in the middle of a fast growing region for the car industry which makes it a valuable partnership.

The recent signing of Schumi has, I would anticipate encouraged Petronas to become involved in F1 again and it will be nice to see them back at the pinnacle of the sport. With Schumi partnered with Nico Rosberg is a very interesting prospect.