He knows a thing or two about winning Formula 1 world championships, having enjoyed title success at the likes of Ferrari, Benetton and his own Brawn GP team – and Ross Brawn believes Mercedes’ latest constructors’ championship triumph, secured at the weekend, will mean more to them after they overcame a Ferrari who enjoyed their strongest season to date in the post-2014 turbo-hybrid era…

Brawn, Formula 1’s Managing Director of Motorsports, is no stranger to the Mercedes squad, having spent three years with the team, during which he helped lay the foundations that have enabled the team to enjoy a remarkable five-year spell of championship glory.

But, having made relatively light work of their 2014 to 2017 title-winning seasons, the Silver Arrows were pushed to their limits by a formidable Ferrari team this year. And, according to Brawn, the fact that their chief rivals boasted a stronger package - and that Mercedes were able to overcome that - means their latest triumph is one to savour for Team Principal Toto Wolff and his staff.

“Mercedes have made a clean sweep of all the world championship titles, drivers’ and constructors,’ over the five years that the hybrid-power Formula 1 format has been in existence,” said Brawn.

“One can only have words of praise for what this team has achieved in that time. That goes especially for this year when the team run by Toto Wolff won, while finally facing a rival that was its equal and maybe even its better at the majority of races.