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Heard a rumor that Mercedes Benz is going to become a team in the V8 Supercars...

Look forward to seeing that if it eventuates!!

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http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2010/prestige-and-luxury/mercedesbenz/c63/exclusive-mercedesbenz-eyeing-v8-supercars-18598

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there had been talk of it being BMW a while back, as well as chrysler.

just don't fall into the trap of thinking that any of the new companies joining will somehow be any faster than the fords and holdens. this isn't the old days of group A where the amount of parity is decided by someone who hasn't actually watched any of the racing or seen any of the results..... the cars will be very closely matched, but unless they actually get some decent teams to run their cars they won't do very well. this is why the nissan's won't do very well. they are going to be run by a team that isn't successfull with the current technology, let alone something totally new, even with all the help they will get from nissan.

Yeah they will be very closely matched.... Is it just the Kellys that are going Nissan?

yeah just the kellys.

Know this.

Just want something different.

plenty of people don't realise it though and think that since nissan was successful over 20 years ago in a very different racing category, they will be just as dominant again.

yeah just the kellys.

plenty of people don't realise it though and think that since nissan was successful over 20 years ago in a very different racing category, they will be just as dominant again.

Dunno if murph will survive another year but I hope he does to thrash the Nissan :D

It wont be that long, he has been testing with vodaphone for a year from what i heard..... He put out an official thing a few months ago and said he was NOT going to the supercars, yet on the interview on the weekend IN the vodaphone transporter he said he was very keen to get it one, so i would say it'll be next season for 2014 at least.

Well Red Bull are replacing Vodafone at Triple 888 racing it wouldnt surprise me to hear they are trying to find a 3rd licence to run him in a team car.

I read about 12 months ago that Mercedes were keen provided the cost of developing aero and body was not too prohibitive. They wanted to use a development of their Superstars platform Having watched a round of the Superstars when OS they are pretty cool things but pretty sure they wll need to pick up the pace as out tin tops are quicker

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