Honda stick with Button and Barrichello
Honda will continue in 2008 with Briton Jenson Button and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, the Formula One team said on Thursday.The announcement maintains the pairing for a third consecutive year and means Barrichello can look forward to breaking Italian...
Honda will continue in 2008 with Briton Jenson Button and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, the Formula One team said on Thursday.
The announcement maintains the pairing for a third consecutive year and means Barrichello can look forward to breaking Italian Riccardo Patrese's record of 256 Formula One race starts.
The Brazilian, who joined Honda from Ferrari in 2006, will be starting his 243rd race in Sunday's European Grand Prix. Button joined the team in 2003, when they were BAR, from Renault.
Honda have struggled this season, after Button took his first win in Hungary last August, with just one point from nine races so far.
Button's place at the team was never in any doubt, with the Briton on a long-term contract, but 35-year-old Barrichello's had been less certain.
The Brazilian is the second oldest driver, after Briton David Coulthard, on an increasingly youthful starting grid. He is also the one who has been around longest, making his debut with Jordan in 1993.
The announcement maintains the pairing for a third consecutive year and means Barrichello can look forward to breaking Italian Riccardo Patrese's record of 256 Formula One race starts.
The Brazilian, who joined Honda from Ferrari in 2006, will be starting his 243rd race in Sunday's European Grand Prix. Button joined the team in 2003, when they were BAR, from Renault.
Honda have struggled this season, after Button took his first win in Hungary last August, with just one point from nine races so far.
Button's place at the team was never in any doubt, with the Briton on a long-term contract, but 35-year-old Barrichello's had been less certain.
The Brazilian is the second oldest driver, after Briton David Coulthard, on an increasingly youthful starting grid. He is also the one who has been around longest, making his debut with Jordan in 1993.