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Mercedes F1 Boss Ross Brawn Says Red Bull Joy Will Not Last

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Having just won the F1 World Championship, the Red Bull team is undoubtedly highly chuffed at their achievement, and will be for some time. However, the boss of the Mercedes F1 team is skeptical about the duration of this ‘happy period’, saying that all the teams now have to start thinking about the 2013 season, Red Bull included, so they will not be able to rest on their laurels for long.
According to Brawn, “To win a race is a massive challenge, to win enough races to win a championship is pretty special, and to do it consecutive years is even more special," said Brawn, who was part of the dominant Ferrari set-up at the start of the 21st century [. . .] But I know their pleasure is going to be shortlived in that they are already thinking about next year [. . .] In our case, it was fantastic to win it, but always there is the pressure of the following year - you want to win it, repeat it, and do it again.

Nevertheless, Red Bull should be proud of their hat-trick achievement, as they are the only other team, aside from Ferrari, which has managed to win three consecutive championship doubles, with the same driver, and weirdly enough, it is another German driver...

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