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Originally Posted by BagofSkill
Slow One, you won't read this in the papers but it's Honda's millions funding good engineering that put Brawn where they are. They are not a budget team, they're not an overnight start up. Honda gave Ross and the team 70million as a golden handshake for taking over the team (which is what it would have cost them to close the team down, considering FOM pentalty payments and salary/contract payouts). Don't buy the line that a privateer can win these days, they are only a privateer in name.
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I was just going to say this, Honda new their 08' car was crap and they were developing the 09' car a lot more and a lot sooner than other teams, so they should really have a head start. Also i think Honda may have seen it as profitable to stay in F1 if they appealed to their target audience. Maybe a few races with Murray Walker in a seat for the blue rinse brigade
