Just how many bosses and technical directors do Merc need?

Paddy Lowe's transfer to Merc has been confirmed, he starts next month.

How long before James Ellison whose handed his notice in at Lotus is announced by Merc?

Pseudonews

BBC One's favourite business-reality exhibition of Grade A idiots "The Apprentice" is to receive a revamp. Instead of the UK's greatest bullshitters trying to win favour with Lord Sir Alan Sugar's wallet, we will instead have some of the finest technical minds in the UK vying for a place at Mercedes' Formula 1 Team. Tasks will include selling nodding dogs to tourists, seeing who can reach the most twitter followers, and who can solve all of the equations in a select degree-level maths textbook first.

The boardroom scenes are definitely put together to add entertainment; Toto Wolff will be the man they try to impress, and the teams will be reported on by former F1 champion and airline mogul Niki Lauda, and former CEO and hideous voice enthusiast Nick Fry. We'll get to see a group of engineers overcome huge problems such as being sociable, arguing about what symbol should represent each variable and whether any friction in the team can actually be solved mathematically. It'll also add some good old British "cringe humour", as the one woman in the group tries to stave off the unromantic advances of 90% of the team.

It's likely to turn off people in need of a quick laugh, but the BBC have endorsed this new series as a potential cure for insomnia. It's all academic really, as Merc are on such a recruitment drive they actually hire them all.

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