I agree that waiting to get more money out of Brawn was a futile strategy except for 1 factor - he wasn't world champion earlier in the season. But now that he is, even Brawn know they have to pay him some more. Nick Fry said this on Sunday during a TV interview.

But overall, you're right. Jenson cashed in with a £8m annual salary with BAR Honda and then Honda. He already has plenty of money in the bank. Looking at this cynically and in hindsight, one might say that the £5m pay cut was the price he had to pay to (1) stay in F1 in a team that nearly folded when Honda withdrew from F1 last year, and (2) win the Driver's title.

Both he and BrawnGP are now regarded very differently to when they were struggling for survival during the first few months of 2009. Personally, he and they should have some reward for their collective risk taking!


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