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The 'gorilla' on Button's back
12 October 2005 |
England's Jenson Button will probably fail to win his hundredth grand prix in a six year career at Shanghai on Sunday. According to the British 'Mirror' newspaper, this winless statistic is not so much a monkey on the 25-year-old's back, but a 'massive gorilla'.
BAR-Honda principal Nick Fry, however, is keen to put a metaphorical arm around the team's lead driver as the 100:0 ratio becomes real in China. "I don't think there are any monkeys on Jenson's back," he told British newspapers this week. "The monkey is on the team's back to provide a good car." Fry thus admitted that the '007' model is 'clearly not the best car' in 2005-spec pitlane.
The British media have grabbed the significance of JB's 100:0 statistic because no world champion in the history of the sport has passed his hundredth grand prix without winning a single race.
Scotland's Sir Jackie Stewart, for instance, competed in just 99 grands prix -- but won 27 times and collected three drivers' titles. Fry insisted: "I see no reason why Jenson can't be champion in the future. It's our job to give him the equipment."
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| Jenson Button news | |
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| 09 Oct. | Button still waiting for Honda's driver decision |
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| 27 Sep. | Button gives Honda hope in twelfth |
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| Nick Fry news | |
| 19 Jul. '07 | Honda wants F1 to return to the US soon |
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| 06 Jul. '07 | Honda enters espionage drama |
| 05 Jul. '07 | Fry frustrated with poor starts to season |
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| 28 Dec. '05 | Honda's Willis reserving judgement on new qualifying |
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