JENSON BUTTON @ McLaren
Who would have thought it was going to happen? Jenson Button, one of our most celebrated British GoKarting champions, effectively leaves Brawn and without ceremony, voluntarily hands his hard fought F1 crown over to someone else.
Why say that? Well he can not win the 2010 championship in a McLaren Formula 1 car as that prize would have to go to, another of our British Gokarting champions, Lewis Hamilton, so the very best result Jenson can manage is to finish 2nd.
So why did Brawn let Jenson go or perhaps why did Jenson feel he had reason to go?
The underlying reason must have everything to do with the new Mercedes input and that Brawn will not be Brawn in 2010. Our last blog entry stated loyalty is rare in Motorsport and now Nick Fry has said publicly said that “Loyalty would be nice”, but in the real world money talks, and it clearly does. We think that between themselves (Brawn, Mercedes and Jenson) they have messed it up, and that is the real pity.
Still the positive is that F1 will have a very British affair feel about it, even if we don’t stage the British Grand Prix . With Lewis and Jenson now in a relationship there could be more break ups, busts up, kisses and make ups than Pete Doherty and Kate Moss ever had. Another simple fact is McLaren must be laughing all the way to the sponsors bank.
The new season is going to be an intriguing one – who’s side are you going to be on?
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One footnote to this commentary : Was Richard Branson the deciding factor? Surely more will come out in the Motorsport wash in the forthcoming weeks.