View Full Version : Jenson Button?
Chris Wood
20-Oct-2009, 12:44
Views please, mine are mixed....?
His behaviors and comments make me cringe, his driving and persistence I can appreciate.
Is F1 in a mess when this happens, ie Brawn and Button, or is it back to the good old days when it was a bit of a lottery between car/driver/track combinations?
Yes, inclined to agree. The "Yeaaaaahhhhhhh, we're the World Champion Baybeeee" type comments come across like Austin Powers and weren't very cool even when Austin Powers was all the go.
Mind you, I think that anybody who becomes a World Champion at anything deserves all the accolades they can get, particularly when they've come from not even having a team or a job just before the start of the season.
Did they just get lucky with their interpretation of the rules at the begining of the season? Maybe, but you have to make your own luck and it's especially impressive when you have to wade through a swamp of bad luck to get there.
At least he did it fairly not like some of the past winners I could name, luck certainly played it's part but that's pretty normal in any sport.
Congratulations to Jenson & Brawn well done.
Surely, any personality has got to be better than the boring German/Finnish champions of recent years?
And didn't we all just love Nigel Mansell.............?
Yeh baby
Right car, right team, right time thats what F1 is about.
Brawn stole a march on the competition for the 2009 season with the major change of regs. Jenson was able to take full advantage of what the team and car gave him. TBH in that situation the only true competitor is your teamate.
yep, some of the stuff is pretty cringeworthy but that's just the modern age.
Ray.
SlowLearner
20-Oct-2009, 18:19
Well done Jensen I say !
The times had a good write up today about how Honda gave up on the 2008 car really early and started working on the 2009 car, thus it was fully developed out of the box, hence 6 wins out of the first 7 races.
The times also says they spent about $500m, and gave another $100m to Brawn for 2009.......
You have to wonder if someone at Honda has been shot for quitting just when they were about to win !
Interestingly NO british F1 world champion has retained the title, when told this Jensen seemed to be up for the challenge.....
Rattler
20-Oct-2009, 19:04
Who?
Well done Jensen I say !
The times had a good write up today about how Honda gave up on the 2008 car really early and started working on the 2009 car, thus it was fully developed out of the box, hence 6 wins out of the first 7 races.
The times also says they spent about $500m, and gave another $100m to Brawn for 2009.......
You have to wonder if someone at Honda has been shot for quitting just when they were about to win !
Interestingly NO british F1 world champion has retained the title, when told this Jensen seemed to be up for the challenge.....
Would the car have been a 'winner' with a Honda engine in the back though? No doubt the Mercedes has been the class of the field this year...
andys 900ss
20-Oct-2009, 23:15
Worthy championwho was written off in recent years.
Well done Jenson & Ross.... I'd have been singing in my helmet too...
Andy
SlowLearner
21-Oct-2009, 15:56
Would the car have been a 'winner' with a Honda engine in the back though? No doubt the Mercedes has been the class of the field this year...
Thats a very good point ! :rolleyes:
Austin - SUPER cool
Jenson - ??
khushy
jimbers45
21-Oct-2009, 22:07
did i miss something?
Mad Dog Bianchi
22-Oct-2009, 06:39
Honda has major problems with auto sales, especially in NA. They also have a growing rival in Hyundai, especially in NA. They are a bit of a late starter in China as well, where GM and VW are the top foreign brands. With the new emphasis on green, they saw the writing on the wall and put many of their racing engineers to work on zero carbon stuff. leave it to Honda to come up with something good, but in the meantime, no racing teams. Excellent engine though! Nice to see a bike manufacturer build the winning engine as well...
Honda have powered F1 cars to 6 constructors world championships and 5 drivers championships.
Based On that I wouldn't say the engine is the problem for Honda in F1, the problem is the chassis.
Much like motoGP?
Ray.
I don't think the Honda engines are/were as good as the Mercedes ones that powered the Brawn cars this year. Rumour has it the whole undertray was a botch job this year in order to fit the Mercedes engine, at the last minute, and they're looking to regain their technical advantage for 2010 with a new one and chassis to match the powerplant they know they'll have for 2010 ...
bradders
22-Oct-2009, 18:25
Button's ace! Bit of a playboy, engages mouth befoe brain sometimes, and always has time for his fans....and oodles of talent too. Whats not to like?!
Rattler
22-Oct-2009, 18:49
He's an arrogant tw@t, with no real ability to present or carry himself effectively.
But he is world champion, and I'd rather have an arrogant world champion that a nice also ran.
Jenson is World Champion, he is a brit in a british car, albeit with a Mercedes engine. After the rubbish F1 cars he has driven in the past it was about time his luck changed. Dont forget he beat Raikkonen, Alonso & Hamilton all former world F1 champions, I bet even smugmacher didnt beat three past champions to win a title.
Lets celebrate as Jenson is our motorsport world champion this year.
And my Jenson fact is he used to live in my mums best friends house in Frome.
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