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Jenson Buttons Big Day

  • 20-10-2004 1:14pm
    #1
    ktoal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Has anyone heard of Jenson Buttons fate yet? I know the Contracts Recognition Board are to give their decision today, but I haven't heard anything yet.


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  • #2
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    BAR have won.....

    From BBC Sport:
    BAR win Button contract dispute

    BAR have won their fight with Williams for Jenson Button to drive for them next season.
    A contractual dispute about the driver's future was decided in BAR's favour following a ruling by Formula One's contract recognition board (CRB).

    Button had signed for Williams citing a loophole in his 2005 BAR contract as a way to return to the team.

    He said: "Naturally I am disappointed but as a matter of principle I firmly believe in standing by the decision."

    But the 24-year-old vowed to return to Williams in the future.

    "BAR have been extremely professional at the race track during this process, and I expect this to continue," he said.

    "I look forward to joining the Williams team in the future."

    Legal presentations from both teams were heard in Milan on Saturday before the verdict was delivered.

    Williams announced the decision from Interlagos ahead of the Brazilian GP.

    The dispute occurred when Williams claimed they had a prior option on Button.

    They believed they were able to exercise the option because Honda's commitment to supply engines to BAR was not definitive in a new contract drawn up this summer.

    BAR boss David Richards, who always insisted he was the only man to have a genuine contract with Button, was overjoyed at the news.

    "I'm delighted to confirm that we just received the official notification that the CRB have ruled in our favour," he said.
    BAR argued that Honda's intent was clear.

    Button has inspired BAR to second spot in the Constructors' Championship behind Ferrari while he himself lies in third place in the drivers' standings.

    The 24-year-old Somerset-born driver has started to realise his potential this season with some impressive displays.

    Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia is now likely to step in at Williams after impressing as a recent stand-in for Ralf Schumacher.

    About time it's sorted, it's dragged on long enough. :rolleyes:


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