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F1: Brawn goes to Honda
BenB - 12/11/07 at 09:00 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7090180.stm

Hope he doesn't take any Ferrari intellectual property with him


russbost - 12/11/07 at 09:12 AM

Hope Button gets a better season this year - bodes well for 2009 anyway.


Omni - 12/11/07 at 10:16 AM

That could make things more exciting for Honda :-)

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designer - 12/11/07 at 11:25 AM

Funny isn't it!

Brawn took a 'sabbatical' before he joined Ferrari. Rory will soon jump ship and join him too!


wilkingj - 12/11/07 at 03:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by designer
Funny isn't it!
Brawn took a 'sabbatical' before he joined Ferrari. Rory will soon jump ship and join him too!


Probably a contractual thing, ie cant work in the same arena for 1 year. ie F1 racing.

Thus his ferrari knowlege will be a year out of date by the time he gets to his next job.
Its common with highly trained specialists.


iank - 12/11/07 at 03:28 PM

aka Garden Leave.
IIRC under European law they have to continue to pay you while you're on 'sabbatical'.

I believe I get a whole month off if I get a job with a competitor rather than working my notice


britishtrident - 12/11/07 at 07:41 PM

Button is ready to walk --- might just be Ron has a seat warming up for him unlikely though two british drivers would not be popular with the sponsors.
Or it could be Toyota are waving a very big cheque.


speedyxjs - 13/11/07 at 04:47 PM

We all saw what brawn brought for ferrari, lets hope he can do the same for button. Would be good to see two british drivers going for the championship


James - 15/11/07 at 01:26 PM

I'm sure they said at the end of 2007 season that Button was leaving Honda anyway?

Or am I making that up?

And haven't Mclaren pretty much already announced their driver (no. 2 ).


ned - 15/11/07 at 01:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by James
I'm sure they said at the end of 2007 season that Button was leaving Honda anyway?

Or am I making that up?

And haven't Mclaren pretty much already announced their driver (no. 2 ).

ok I'll bite - must have missed that - who is it gonna be james?