Martin Brundle's Driver Review
Martin Brundle's driver review continues with Kimi and Jenson. Here's an excerpt:
This was the year when Britain finally made it back to the top step of the podium with Jenson Button's brilliant win in Hungary.
But did the Honda ace really break through into the top flight in 2006, or is there still more to come?
In the latest part of ITV Sport commentator Martin Brundle's driver review, he gives you his thoughts on 'Our Jens'.
ITV-F1.com: Though Jenson won a grand prix, it was in extraordinary circumstances, so is there still a lot to prove?
Martin: There is, I mean as Jenson said recently, he scored more points in the last eight races than anybody else, and though there is an element of kidology there, it also says that the Honda team is on an upward curve.
And he definitely drove well and looked back in his old form in the second half of the season.
The team lost designer Geoff Willis early on and they lost some momentum.
They won the 'winter grand prix' in testing and then were off the pace at Melbourne. And then they just seemed to lose their way.
It came back again but even so you weren't always convinced that Jenson had the chance to win a race.
It was interesting to watch the TV figures after Jenson won, because the public didn't think he was going to keep on winning either.
To get the British public on board as Nigel [Mansell] and Damon [Hill] did, you've got to keep winning or at least look like you're going to win.
And Honda and Jenson didn't do that. In fact they played it down a little bit didn't they? They warned people that it wasn't going to happen every weekend.
You can read the rest at ITV.com here. The review starts with Kimi, and progresses on to Jenson (bottom half contains Martin's thoughts on Jenson). Happy reading!
