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Honda to extend Button's contract?

Jenson Button could soon sign a three-year extentoion to his Honda Formula 1 contract according to our colleagues at ITV Sport. Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry has said that the team was confident of securing a new deal with Jenson Button for the long-term.

"Our relationship with Jenson and his management is absolutely first class," Fry told ITV. "He's really been an important part of pulling the team of people that we've now got together. Obviously he's looking towards the future as well, and our objective is obviously to make him world champion. Jenson and the Honda team really are locked solid together."

Fry furthermore was impressed with Button's quality as a racing driver. "He has really improved year after year, and even though last year was a difficult year for us, I think as a driver and an individual he continued to develop," he said. "He's certainly someone we want on our side."

But a new contract is not expected to be signed within weeks. "I think later this year. There's no big hurry - we've got a great relationship with each other and we can take our time."

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