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The German marque will join Ford, Holden and Nissan next year
MOTORSPORT
BETTY Saunders-Klimenko is the heavily tattooed Sydney businesswoman behind Mercedes-Benz's entry into V8 Supercars next season.
Saunders-Klimenko, the property developer daughter of the late Hungarian immigrant John Saunders, who co-founded Westfield with Frank Lowy, is no stranger in pit lane, through her ownership of a Mercedes-Benz team in the Australian GT Championship, Erebus Motorsport.
The family, according to this year's BRW Rich List, is the 12th-wealthiest in the country with an estimated worth of $960 million through retail, commercial, industrial and residential property in Australia and the US.
"I'm absolutely thrilled that Erebus Motorsport...