Brawn Team almost certain to sign Button.Byline: ANI London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. , Oct 26(ANI): Formula One Team Brawn's owner, Ross Brawn Ross Brawn (born November 23, 1954) is a British motorsport engineer. He has worked for a number of Formula 1 teams, latterly as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton Formula and Scuderia Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2006. , has said that reigning F1 champion Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January, 1980) is an English Formula One racing driver. He currently competes for the Honda Racing F1 team. He won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, on August 6 2006 after 113 races. is almost certain to be with them for the next season. Button had taken a 5 million pound pay cut- to 3 million pound a year - to race for Brawn this season after former team Honda honda a quick release metal eyelet for the end of a lariat. When the restrained animal is no longer required it is not necessary to slacken off the loop and pull it over the head—a very great advantage when working with wild cattle or unbroken horses. pulled out in December December: see month. . He even paid for most of his flights and hotel bills en route to the top of the drivers' championship. When asked if he was 100 per cent sure Button will stay, Brawn said: "You're never 100 per cent - but I'd say 99 per cent. Jenson's obviously a great driver, so he's got to be a target. We want Jenson to stay in the team, and I think we'll find a solution." "Jenson has a contract with us. But that contract is not the salary of a world champion, not the salary of a team that is in a much stronger position than it was 10 months ago. We're working with Jenson to find a balance between what we can afford and what he feels is fair for his status," The Sun quoted Brawn, as saying. Brawn further said that he expects to have the situation cleared within three weeks. "We've set a target of two weeks after the last race to get this concluded. But maybe it'll happen before then," Brawn said. "We have a great relationship with Jenson and he has been a wonderful part of the team and his race performance has been exemplary," he added. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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