[DfrtYhyu]

I wonder what team will be "on the Button".

Renault have confirmed Piquet. Is that cast in stone?

Seb looks like he's out of STR anyway so a possible shoe-in for Jens?

Team Honda may be sold but ...........

Interesting

[agildeta]

Button , and Fred will be driving a Ferrari Torro Rosso with a Cosworth Power Plant

[Si8jy8HN]

Honda Motor Company CEO Takeo Fukui apologised to Jenson Button after the Japanese manufacturer announced its withdrawal from Formula One.
"It's a real shame and I feel deeply sorry for Jenson Button," Fukui told a news conference. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72330

Obviously words don't help JB, but still it's nice to see them said.

[MP+4]

I hope Button does land himself a drive next year. I still believe he has potential to get himself back in order. I don't believe he'll ever be world champion, but I think he can still be a worthy asset to a team.

[wmirkru]

If anybody does buy Honda as a going concern then having an experienced racer on board will be an enormous help, however I suspect that drivers with bulging wallets are more attractive in this current climate.

[Immampdah]

Maybe those German investors whom Fry turned down when they wanted to buy SAF1 will now get their hands on Honda F1, what an irony, but fully deserved by Fry.

[awagsFare]

Maybe those German investors whom Fry turned down when they wanted to buy SAF1 will now get their hands on Honda F1, what an irony, but fully deserved by Fry.

well said.

And I see Fry exiting the sport after overseeing the most spectacular downturn of a top notch team in the history of the sport. he has managed to ruin two F1 team. If I were Honda's board, I would also go aheafd and fire those responsible for keeping him onboard and providing him with powers he had.

I wouldn't hire him to manage my local mcdonalds.

[Oppofeescom]

STR is more likely to hire Sato for reasons other than talent.

[Immampdah]

STR is more likely to hire Sato for reasons other than talent.

What has Sato to do with this thread?

[Immampdah]

well said.

And I see Fry exiting the sport after overseeing the most spectacular downturn of a top notch team in the history of the sport. he has managed to ruin two F1 team. If I were Honda's board, I would also go aheafd and fire those responsible for keeping him onboard and providing him with powers he had.

I wouldn't hire him to manage my local mcdonalds.

[leareliovag]

What has Sato to do with this thread?

The comments to do with bulging wallets Jenson and Rubens are probably better drivers than Taku but don't bring in the same weight has having the Japanese market behind them, sign of the times unfortunately

[Immampdah]

The comments to do with bulging wallets Jenson and Rubens are probably better drivers than Taku but don't bring in the same weight has having the Japanese market behind them, sign of the times unfortunately

I'm not sure about that. Sato outdrove Button and Rubens on a 2nd hand Honda, also he is more likable and never whines, something I appreciate a lot more than any hype about Button.

[DfrtYhyu]

The comments to do with bulging wallets Jenson and Rubens are probably better drivers than Taku but don't bring in the same weight has having the Japanese market behind them, sign of the times unfortunately

If that were true, Sato would have been driving for Honda last year.

[irrascaft]

I'm not sure about that. Sato outdrove Button and Rubens on a 2nd hand Honda, also he is more likable and never whines, something I appreciate a lot more than any hype about Button.

That "2nd hand" Honda was their 2006 car...which Button won a race in. It was widely acknowledged to be a better car (in absolute terms that is, not just relative to that year's opposition) than their 2007 disaster.

[ManHolDenPoker]

so the Honda F1 Seiko that nick fry gave me last year, still in its white leather box, has become a collector's item?

fantastic!

very sad for the mechanics, machinists, fabricators and the rest.

we should all remember that the majority of the people who work in F1 are paid no more than you and i and they will have their struggles to pay their mortgages and put a christmas dinner together.

[Laqswrnm]

Sato outdrove Button and Rubens on a 2nd hand Honda.

I think it is fairly clear that the 2007 Super Aguri (ie - the '06 Honda) began that year in better shape than the 2007 Honda.

For a more accurate comparison of Button & Sato's respective pace, you should check out their results when they were paired together at B.A.R

[EnvellFen]

Sato should be history by now, I cannot comprehend how he isn't. Nowhere near good enough for F1 and a danger to everybody else.

Button should be in a better team. It's a tragedy that he persevered with Honda for so long, only for this to happen! He should get himself a test driving role at Renault, or BMW - and wait for an opening. In my opinion a drive at STR would do more harm than good.

[Immampdah]

I think it is fairly clear that the 2007 Super Aguri (ie - the '06 Honda) began that year in better shape than the 2007 Honda.

For a more accurate comparison of Button & Sato's respective pace, you should check out their results when they were paired together at B.A.R

So a driver doesn't have the right to evolve during his carreer?

Get a grip, Button is pants, Rubens at the end of his career made o mockery of him.

[Immampdah]

Sato should be history by now, I cannot comprehend how he isn't. Nowhere near good enough for F1 and a danger to everybody else.

Button should be in a better team. It's a tragedy that he persevered with Honda for so long, only for this to happen! He should get himself a test driving role at Renault, or BMW - and wait for an opening. In my opinion a drive at STR would do more harm than good.

That's only biased crap.
Button persevered with Honda cause no one else wanted him anymore.

[MeatteCen]

Button won a race. I think that Sato will never achieve this.