Mercedes set to surprise?

I would not dare to write them off at all..!­ They've got most of what it takes to be winners -­ Ross Brawn's brain, Schumi's experience,­ Rosberg's hunger to become a champion,­ Mercedes' money... Ross and Michael turned Ferrari­ from a laughing stock into a Championship winning­ outfit (the likes of Prost or Mansell "only"­ won races there...); you can't stop the time but­ they could repeat the feat for the benefit of Nico???

Only when the budget is tighten, then there is a chance­ for the team to compete.

They should sort the suspension of their other cars­ first before getting into F1.

There is not much Mercedes involvement except the­ engine. Mercedes like many factory companies like­ Honda, Toyota, BMW, VW and Porsche have no interest in­ investing large resources in F1, the benefit from F1 is­ not worth it in terms of their road car business. Haug­ was impressed by how Brawn GP managed to run on a tight­ budget and win both championships and so he persuaded­ Mercedes to commit to a large stake in an F1 team­ albeit on a tight budget. Its no suprise that they­ couldnt afford to keep Jensen and build a simulator­ quickly. They also couldnt keep up with upgrades in­ 2010 and started their 2011 car early but again it­ seems to be coming out short.

I think they regret leaving Mclaren

The one thing the Mercedes F1 team has proved is that­ it's run by idiot's.
Oh, and the fact they are­ loaded with money.

surprise, surprise..... they might do a toyota?

I don't think Mercedes is serious about winning. ­ They wouldn't keep Schumacher as a driver if­ winning was in their plans. Mercedes is there to put­ on a nostalgia race, where they bring in an­ over-the-hill ex-champion to bring attention to their­ name. They build what may be the best engine in F1,­ but they don't have the experience and expertise at­ this time to build a decent chassis. When Brawn took­ over and won their first season, he was using a car­ developed by Honda. Once that benefit started to wear­ off, Brawn couldn't keep up with development­ changes and Jensen was lucky to hold on to the­ championship. Rosberg is a good driver, but I'm­ afraid the team will allow Schumacher to have too much­ input into the cars development and Rosberg will be­ ignored. I think Brawn and Schumacher have to go in­ order for Mercedes to move forward.

I don't think Mercedes would have agreed to­ purchase the team if they weren't ready to invest­ in it, their brand name is too big to put it on an­ uncompetitive car. I think this year we are going to­ see a big improvement from last year in both car and­ the performance of Shumacher.

This team is basically a budget F1 team basically Brawn­ GP rebranded there is nothing much Mercedes or Silver­ Arrow in terms of resources except the engine supply.­ Ross Brawn and his other engineers would have to come­ up with some very clever ideas if they need to compete­ with Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull. They talked about­ this year's car as a turnaround but they are still­ not as impressive as they had predicted.