Seems jenson shot his own bolt by going to mclaren for a visit...

[LEE69]

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5703584,00.html

And it appears Brawn GP's bosses weren't at all happy with Button's McLaren visit.

According to the Daily Express 'Button's relationship with Brawn broke down so badly that they removed an offer that could have been worth £12million next year before he signed for McLaren.

'Just a month after being lifted to the heights of World Champion by his team, Button was left in no doubt that he had let them down in a phone call with team principal Ross Brawn at the weekend.

'That came after a breach of contract when Button was shown around the McLaren factory, a move which shocked Brawn, who thought he was still in the middle of negotiations with Button.'

The phone call with Brawn resulted in both parties feeling wronged and the offer of an £8m per year salary plus up to £4m in points bonuses being taken off the table.

Two days later McLaren announced they had bagged the reigning World Champ for just £6m a year.

 

[gezmeister]

Oh dear, could have got double what he will earn next year. Not that £6m is anything to turn your nose up at

 

[pj1985]

As much as I like Jenson I must say I am a little disappointed in the way he has dealt with this whole who to drive for next year.

 

[WeeJase]

It's not as if Jenson needs to look at the money issue,the way the rest of the F1 teams caught up and over took BRAWN's early advantage this season,and the way lewis and his team got his car sorted and started catching everyone and winning with such a "poor" car early on,i can see McLaren being in a good position come the start of next season.
I think that Ferrari and McLaren will be back in the mix next season big time,red bull need to go back to the drawing board,both drivers were good(great at times).I'm quite looking forward to F1 again, It's become something to look forward to.

 

[Fl@pper]

Well i withdrew my offer of 20million that bernie lent me but he went out with Mclaren for the night and refused to dance with me at the team party !!

all BS and smoke and mirrors

 

[pj1985]

The thing is it wasnt even a year ago that Jenson wouldnt even have had a drive if Brawn hadnt got it together. Its obvious something was happening behind the scenes with regard to Brawn ownership etc which I expect made it tricky to make any solid offers to drivers. Meanwhile Jenson goes of having a look round other factorys and talking to other teams when he must have known something about Brawn being purchased.

TBH Jenson was a nobody until last year. An F1 racing driver that had continually not performed well and come home way down the pack bar the odd race. He had only had one race win before the last championship. I know its a cut throat sport but Brawn made Jenson last season not the other way round.