Mercedes want to replace team principal Ross Brawn as part of a restructure aimed at improving the team's performance. The proposal is to replace Brawn, who masterminded Michael Schumacher's seven world titles at Benetton and Ferrari, with two new appointments. New executive director Toto Wolff is the first of these and he agreed a deal to bring in McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe. Their intended job titles are not clear but Wolff, 41, will likely be team boss and figurehead with Lowe, 50, running the sporting and technical aspects of the team. McLaren have refused to comment on the situation, and Mercedes described BBC Sport's information as 'highly speculative'. The planned...
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