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F1 News & Discussions => F1 Drivers => Topic started by: John S on May 15, 2009, 12:36:25 PM
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Right on Christian. :good: So nice to see an competing team boss is able to be complimentary about a driver from another team, especially when he has no need to sign him. The old F1 spirit may be alive and well after all.
Mind you the compliments are well deserved, - "Button for the title" yeah!. 8)
Britain's Formula One audience has a new favourite, and he does not wear the number 1 on his car, according to Christian Horner.
Horner is the British boss of the Red Bull team, whose German driver Sebastian Vettel looks likely to be the biggest threat to the championship aspirations of Jenson Button.
With a score of 41 points from a maximum possible of 45 after five rounds, Button is the clear leader in the drivers' championship, which was won last year by his countryman Lewis Hamilton.
But in the wake of the 'lie-gate' saga and the lack of competitiveness of this year's McLaren, reigning world champion Hamilton has dropped out of the British headlines amid the emergence of a new favourite.
"In Britain Jenson is much more popular than Lewis Hamilton," Horner is quoted as saying by Germany's Sport Bild, "because he comes across more naturally and is more easy-going.
"Jenson is just as likeable and funny as is Sebastian. Both are easy to get along with but are also extremely professional," he added.
Vettel is third in the standings with 23 points, four adrift of Rubens Barrichello.
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Source: GMM
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My goodness!! Something positive form the world of F1 :swoon: Mr Horner is correct in his comments and his man WILL have his day.
If Ferrari can't win, come on Jenson :yahoo: