Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has lavished praise on now seven-time constructor's champions Mercedes, while warning they will be hard-pressed to keep their streak going.
As technical director at Ferrari from 1997-2006, Brawn was instrumental in the team's then-record six-straight constructor's crowns from 1999-2004, before in 2008 moving to then-Honda works team at Brackley, which morphed into the eponymous Brawn GP a year later, and Mercedes a year after that.
Writing in his post-race column after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Brawn admitted he was surprised the record he had set with the Scuderia was broken, but could take pride in his having helped paved the way for their success prior to his departure in 2013.
"Mercedes are going through a stunning period since 2014 and on Sunday, they took away a record which I was personally involved in during my time at Ferrar," he wrote. "When you achieve those things, you know that one day it may be broken.
"The fact it has been broken by a group of people I know well, worked closely with and count as friends makes it more special. The core of the organisation is still the group that came through the Brawn GP phoenix."
"They deserve everything they have achieved. Congratulations to Toto for being such a great leader, their drivers for delivering and Mercedes for having the vision."
At the same time, Brawn has been one of the main forces behind the sweeping regulation changes that will happen over the next two seasons in an attempt to increase parity, and warns their dominance could soon end.
"Their challenge now is to maintain that consistency with the financial, sporting and technical changes that will be implemented over the next couple of years," he said.
"These are not small changes and undoubtedly have the potential to change the competitive landscape."
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