Honda's got Brawn

The news that Ross Brawn has become the Team Principal for Honda must be music to the ears of Jenson Button. It was only this weekend that he let it be known that Honda must pull their socks up to keep Jenson going into 2009.

Ross Brawn is an outstanding engineer and strategist, and his loss to Ferrari will be Honda's gain. I don't really understand why Jean Todt was not able to stand back to let RB take the reigns. For many years now it has looked like JT was ready to let someone take over so that he could take a rest from his 18 hour days, but he seems unable to leave the day to day running of the team he loves to someone else.

For Honda, it is undoubtedly a coup that could coincide with an upswing in its form. Over the last year, Honda have been recruiting heavily into their engineering departments and one can see why. This year's car has been one helluva dog and Honda have felt the full force of sacking Geoff Willis last year. Hopefully they will regain their ability to provide front running cars and, with Ross Brawn on board, be able to provide JB with a car which will be able to win races when the sun is out.

Squiffy.