2010 is Jenson Button's (Left) chance to prove he is as good as Britain's other Formula One driver, according to Bernie Ecclestone. (Right). (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Button Must Prove He's As Good As Hamilton – Ecclestone: 2010 is Jenson Button's chance to prove he is as good as Britain's other Formula One driver, according to Bernie Ecclestone. After winning last year's world championship with Brawn GP, 30-year-old Button has switched to McLaren where he will share the British team with 2008 titleholder Lewis Hamilton. Asked about Button by March's Red Bulletin magazine, 79-year-old Briton Ecclestone said: "Jenson is Jenson. "He's a racer of the old school," added the F1 supremo. "Nice, charming, a great lad. A worthy world champion, but is he as gifted as the others who got the crown? I don't know. We will find out this year in his duel with Lewis Hamilton," said Ecclestone. He also mused about the double world champion Fernando Alonso. "Fernando is very Spanish in his character. I get on well with him personally he's a close friend. "He's a nice, sensitive, reliable guy who has very high moral standards," Ecclestone added.
Kovalainen Says Minardi Comments Story 'Not Fair': Heikki Kovalainen insists his comments comparing Lotus with F1's defunct perennial backmarkers Minardi were "taken out of context". The 28-year-old driver was quoted by Finland's Turun Sanomat this week as saying his new T127 car is "missing more aerodynamically" than the Minardi he tested at Vallelunga in late 2003. Kovalainen wrote on his Twitter on Tuesday that his comments were "taken out of context" and the reports therefore "not fair for our team".
Force India's Accounts Up To Date: The recent uncertainty about the future of the Force India team is now over. The UK's company’s registrar Companies House recently threatened to dissolve the Silverstone based outfit because it had not lodged its mandatory financial accounts for 2008. Last Wednesday had been imposed as a final deadline for the Vijay Mallya-led team, but according to a Companies House public search, the paperwork is no longer listed as 'overdue'. Force India's next accounts are due at the end of September.
