Whats the split between yourself and Nick (Fry, Honda F1 CEO)?
Well I take care of all the technical side, all of the engineering, all of the racing. Nick takes care of the commercial, media and marketing side. Which suits me very well and suits Nick very well because he’s not an engineer and I’m not a person who, to be frank, enjoys the marketing and media side. That’s for him to look after. So I think it’s a nice split of duties which suits both of our expertise and perhaps characters. I think we can be very complimentary in the future. In the past you built two empires around Michael Schumacher, first at Benetton and then at Ferrari. Do you think Jenson Button has the qualities for you to focus on him? I think that both drivers have the capability of winning races for Honda. I think the issue clearly in the past has been equipment: we haven’t been able to provide them with a car. But I think that both drivers will be more than capable of winning races. With Rubens, we had several races wins and I think he finished second in the championship twi
