Tokyo - Honda can participate in the Formula 1 season 2009. On Friday it became known: the former team boss Ross Brawn has bought the ailing racing.
The past few months warenextrem challenging for the team, but today's announcement istdas very gratifying result of our vigorous efforts zurSicherung its future, "said Brawn in a statement.
The resident inGroßbritannien Honda GP Holdings Ltd, which had all the activity analysis, F1 racing team-managed, sold all the shares anBrawn, who renamed his racing team in Brawn Grand Prix Formula One team.
Since December verkündetenAusstieg given the economic crisis of Honda fought ansässigeRennstall Brackley in the English to survive.
"We are very pleased that we were able to sell the team anRoss Brawn, with which we took part in the challenge of F1-end competition, and are grateful for seineEntscheidung," said Hiroshi Oshima, in Japan zweitgrößtemAutokonzern responsible for motor sport. Honda wish the neuenTeam under Brawn leadership all the best.
Brawn announced that he gave at the recent drivers, demBriten Jenson Button and Brazilian Rubens Barrichellofesthalte. They should go to the season opening Grand Prix in Australia later this month at the start.
