Doubt over Button future deepens as Mercedes take charge of Brawn November 16, 2009 MERCEDES chiefs insist their takeover of Brawn GP will not mean world champion Jenson Button is forced out to make way for an all-German driving line-up. The German manufacturer yesterday bought a 75 per cent stake in Brawn, in a move that will see the 2009 constructors’ champions rebranded as Mercedes GP. Mercedes have meanwhile [...]
Rosberg set for Brawn switch October 29, 2009 FORMULA ONE: German driver Nico Rosberg has announced he is to leave Williams at the end of the season, adding fuel to rumours he is about to swap places with Rubens Barrichello and drive for Brawn GP in 2010. The 24-year-old refused to comment on the rumours but speaking ahead of Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi [...]
Losing British GP would damage F1, say McLaren October 28, 2009 MCLAREN team boss Martin Whitmarsh has pleaded with Formula One chiefs to save the British Grand Prix for the good of the sport. The race is in doubt after Donington Park, which was due to stage it from next year, failed to raise the funding necessary to host the event. Silverstone, which has been its [...]
Button is ready to sign new 8m Brawn deal October 25, 2009 JENSON BUTTON is ready to put pen-to-paper on a new £8m deal, according to team boss Ross Brawn. The newly-crowned world champion has been linked with a move to join fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, but Brawn GP are ready to break the bank to keep the 29-year-old with the Brackley-based team. Button took [...]
Button: Cash not the issue October 20, 2009 TRIUMPHANT Jenson Button will make an emotional return to Brawn GP’s Northamptonshire factory today to personally thank staff for making him a world champion. The British driver, who clinched the title in Brazil on Sunday, will visit his team’s headquarters in Brackley having landed back on home soil yesterday. Button saw many of his colleagues [...]
BRANSON PLANS SPACE-AGE PARTY AS BUTTON BRINGS HOME THE GOLD October 19, 2009 RICHARD Branson may have revealed that he’s unlikely to stump up the cash to sponsor Formula One team Brawn GP again next year after its spectacular season, but it doesn’t mean the canny entrepreneur is stepping back his involvement now that the team has won the championship. The Virgin tycoon was unable to make it [...]
Brawn: I too doubted Button talent October 19, 2009 JENSON BUTTON finally silenced his doubters by clinching a maiden world championship on Sunday, but his boss Ross Brawn has admitted that he too needed to be convinced of the Englishman’s ability. Button failed to realise youthful promise during his first nine years in F1, winning just a single grand prix from 155 attempts and [...]
Weary champ Button won’t be pushed on contract talk October 19, 2009 NEWLY-CROWNED world champion Jenson Button has put talks over his future on ice in order to savour his fairytale success. The British driver clinched his maiden title by putting in a superb performance to finish fifth in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. But the 29-year-old’s future at F1 newcomers Brawn GP remains in doubt, with the [...]
TOP BUTTON SECURES TITLE October 18, 2009 BRITAIN’S Jenson Button finally clinched his maiden world championship yesterday in Brazil before admitting he never quite believed he would reach the very top. The Brawn GP driver battled from 14th on the grid to finish a highly creditable fifth at Interlagos, while team-mate and nearest rival Rubens Barrichello slipped from pole to eighth. It [...]
Vettel starts F1 mind games in Brazil but Button is not feeling the pressure October 15, 2009 JENSON BUTTON insists he is not feeling any pressure to clinch the Formula One world championship in Brazil this weekend. Fourteen points clear at the top of the drivers’ championship with two races to go, the British driver needs a third-place finish at Interlagos on Sunday to wrap up his first title. Button’s team-mate Rubens [...]