Merc star may be added to Brawn car

(GMM) Given Brawn's dominance and McLaren's struggles, Mercedes-Benz is considering adding corporate branding to the championship-leading BGP001 car.

Brawn GP's use of the Stuttgart marque's engines this year is simply a customer deal, but the package has won four out of the five races so far this season, and is leading the drivers' and constructors' championships.

A three-pointed star was not in Mercedes' original plans for the Brawn linkup, but Norbert Haug said after the Spanish grand prix that the scenario is now being "considered".

"We have possibilities and options and it has been offered to us," the German, Mercedes' competition boss, is quoted as saying by the broadcaster RTL.

However, the 56-year-old added that Mercedes does not want to "divert" from its works relationship with McLaren, winner of the 2008 drivers' title with Lewis Hamilton.