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[Bulletproof]

This is positive news for Button and Brawn GP!!!!

I was just wondering if anyone new roughly how much money the teams get from commercial rights each year?? Does anyone know??

It would be nice to guesstimate BGPs potential budget for next year, we have the commercial rights money and the potential 30million from Virgin, is that it ?or is there any other source of income for the teams?

[Frosty]

This is positive news for Button and Brawn GP!!!!

I was just wondering if anyone new roughly how much money the teams get from commercial rights each year?? Does anyone know??

It would be nice to guesstimate BGPs potential budget for next year, we have the commercial rights money and the potential 30million from Virgin, is that it ?or is there any other source of income for the teams?

I think Brawn got something like £40-45 million comercial rights money for what Honda got last year.

[darwin dali]

F1live:
Honda is "frustrated" to have abandoned Formula One on the eve of almost guaranteed success, new team owner Ross Brawn insists.

The Briton is now leading the Brackley-based camp following a management buyout, having bought it from the struggling Honda Motor Co. for a symbolic 1 British pound.

"I'm sure they were very frustrated at having to withdraw," Brawn, 54, told the Bloomberg news agency.

"I've had many notes from senior people at Honda, so they are frustrated because obviously the team has moved forward, but it was a necessity for their business."

The team netted embarrassing results in the last two years, but during 2008 invested millions of Honda dollars setting the groundwork for the current BGP 001 chassis.

With Mercedes power, the 'Brawn GP' car collected both poles and both wins from the opening two Grand Prix of 2009.

F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone is surprised the Japanese manufacturer did not realise it had overseen the design of a winning car before pulling out.

"They'd spent an awful lot of money, hadn't gotten anywhere and probably didn't realise the potential," he said last weekend in Malaysia.

"I'm sure if they had, they wouldn't have gone because all this would have been Honda otherwise."

A Honda spokeswoman declined to comment.

[Rivelution]

I think Honda's withdrawal had nothing to do with the financial crisis, they just got tired of losing and saw the opportunity to pull out. IMO

[bud]

I think Honda's withdrawal had nothing to do with the financial crisis, they just got tired of losing and saw the opportunity to pull out. IMO

yeah well they pulled out prematurely and are left to clean up the love muck while the Virgin Brawn combo reaches climax!

[kerc]

Virgin Brawn is a funny name, though.

[darwin dali]

I think Honda's withdrawal had nothing to do with the financial crisis, they just got tired of losing and saw the opportunity to pull out. IMO

yeah well they pulled out prematurely and are left to clean up the love muck while the Virgin Brawn combo reaches climax!

[Tim]

Wow, thats a great deal for Brawn-Virgin,i think they will really be ahead of the field now with the good cars,drivers and now all that money!

[bud]

I think Honda's withdrawal had nothing to do with the financial crisis, they just got tired of losing and saw the opportunity to pull out. IMO

yeah well they pulled out prematurely and are left to clean up the love muck while the Virgin Brawn combo reaches climax!

thought youd like that

[texasmr2]

Pulling out prematurely is always a no no ! Oh sorry wrong forum .

[SAS88]

Wow, thats a great deal for Brawn-Virgin,i think they will really be ahead of the field now with the good cars,drivers and now all that money!

Wouldn't write everything off so quickly, but it certainly looks that way! Leaving aside the money issue for next year, it's all about not screwing up this amazing foundation they've built. Average performances could turn things around very quickly. Ferrari, McLaren and BMW won't be sitting around.

Pulling out prematurely is always a no no ! Oh sorry wrong forum .

Definitely

[Tim]

Wow, thats a great deal for Brawn-Virgin,i think they will really be ahead of the field now with the good cars,drivers and now all that money!

Wouldn't write everything off so quickly, but it certainly looks that way! Leaving aside the money issue for next year, it's all about not screwing up this amazing foundation they've built. Average performances could turn things around very quickly. Ferrari, McLaren and BMW won't be sitting around.

Yeah, it certainley looks like a solid performance this year will make them an F1 powerhouse team!

[Jamie]

Wow, thats a great deal for Brawn-Virgin,i think they will really be ahead of the field now with the good cars,drivers and now all that money!

Wouldn't write everything off so quickly, but it certainly looks that way! Leaving aside the money issue for next year, it's all about not screwing up this amazing foundation they've built. Average performances could turn things around very quickly. Ferrari, McLaren and BMW won't be sitting around.

Yeah, it certainley looks like a solid performance this year will make them an F1 powerhouse team!

Shame that next season they won't have the same blessings at they have encounterd this season.

[EwanM]

[Jensonb]

He's one of those people who thinks the only reason Brawn GP is competitive is because of the misfortune of others, and not because they did a better job than others.