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It was after qualifying for the Hungarian GP. Ted was randomly spouting about something and then said something like "Ron Dennis is coming up to me, should I speak?"
Then JA said "Dive in Ted, I would!"
11-11-2007, 10:44 AM
The 2008 Formula One Thread - Where's the beef? Post #54
By Alan Baldwin Sunday, November 11th 2007, 10:51 GMT
Jenson Button has warned his Honda team bosses that he will walk away from the team if he does not see significant improvements in their car's performance next season.
The Japanese outfit endured a nightmare season, with Button scoring just six points while his teammate Rubens Barrichello drew a blank.
And Button admitted he was already close to a breaking point.
"The car was a complete dog and I'm just not interested in racing like this any more," Button told the Mail on Sunday newspaper.
"I remember after Hungary this year wanting to hit something. I'd won that same race 12 months previously and now I was there sitting in something which was undriveable."
Button said he would love to win the championship with Honda, a team that he has been part of for five years, but he warned that there was a limit to his patience.
"I have to start winning and if I don't then I have to be ruthless," he declared. "There's an option in my contract which means we can all sit down and discuss the future at the end of the season.
"If things don't work out, that's exactly what I'll be doing," he said of the year ahead.
"I'm not saying I expect to win the world title, but I do expect a dramatic improvement."
Here we go
11-11-2007, 01:12 PM
The 2008 Formula One Thread - Where's the beef? Post #58
Gascoyne threatens to quit over Ralf link
German media reports claim Force India issue
Mike Gascoyne has reportedly threatened to quit Force India if the Silverstone based team signs Ralf Schumacher for 2008.
The newspaper Welt am Sonntag revealed on Sunday that the veteran German, who was dropped by the Toyota team after three fruitless seasons, is set to test for the newly renamed Force India outfit at Jerez on December 4, 5 and 6.
But the Berlin-based daily also claims that Gascoyne, who is otherwise committed to staying at the team in the wake of the Spyker sale, has threatened to resign his 'Chief Technology Officer' post if Schumacher occupies a race seat next year.
Welt am Sonntag says Gascoyne, 44, who also worked briefly with Schumacher at Jordan in 1998, cites the six-time Grand Prix winner as a principal instigator of his ousting as Toyota's Technical Director in early 2006.
32-year-old Ralf is, however, a close friend of Force India's new owner Vijay Mallya, after they met through Mallya's sponsorship of Toyota with the Kingfisher brand.
Tonio Liuzzi and Christian Klien, meanwhile, will test for the former Spyker team at Barcelona next week, and it is even rumoured that Giancarlo Fisichella may have been invited to join the action alongside Schumacher next month.