Newly-crowned champions Mercedes' team chief Toto Wolff paid a warm tribute to former colleague and team founder Ross Brawn on Sunday in the wake of Lewis Hamilton's emphatic win in the Russian Grand Prix. Wolff said Brawn, who re-launched the failed Honda outfit based at Brackley in central England into his eponymous 2009 title-winning outfit before it was taken over by Mercedes, was the original architect of Mercedes' maiden triumph. As Mercedes celebrated Hamilton's victory, Wolff said : "We talked about Ross a lot and he has been so fundamental to the team. He built the foundation of the team. "This is his trophy, too. There are several hundred people in Brackley and...
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