"Rats" and "sinking ship" leap to mind.....

...as Gil de Ferran quits Honda.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40052

Sinking? Sunk more like it ;)

Honda are in a mess. I bet that was an incredibly frustrating job!

Who's next?

I'm sure there's still some glutton for punishment who wants the challenge.

I don't see what he ever did anyway, other than being a media spokesman. Probably why he was dissatisfied.

i blame the appauling livery.

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Originally Posted by Stuartf12007

i blame the appauling livery.

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who wouldn't....? ;)

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Originally Posted by AJP

who wouldn't....? ;)

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I wouldn't. I have grown to like it.

The problems with Honda are far deeper than DeFerran, but He has alos played his part in sigining his buddy Rubens to a long term contract and by not managing the staff properly or getting them prepared for the 2007 campaign. There was a general air of content after the 2006 eason and they did nothing but take step backwards in 2007.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

I wouldn't. I have grown to like it.

The problems with Honda are far deeper than DeFerran, but He has also played his part in sigining his buddy Rubens to a long term contract and by not managing the staff properly or getting them prepared for the 2007 campaign. There was a general air of content after the 2006 eason and they did nothing but take step backwards in 2007.

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Let's be honest here. We are talking about the hiring of a driver who had beaten SchM, arguably one of the best to ever race in F1, on even terms. Who the hell would not have signed Rubens up given half the chance? The problem here is that somehow the car did not suit Rubens, Rubens did not suit the car, or simply the car started a slow decline. Take your pick. I don't mind a lot of jokes at Rubens lack of success, I am possibly more guilty than most others at this. But sometimes we do have to take stock of what we say and admit that, jokes aside to keep this forum rambling along during quiet times, we can be wrong in our assessments.

This Honda is a lousy design, Gil has not been given the role Ross Brawn had at Ferrari, and it's all gone pear shape.

I have had my digs at bunsen and Rubens, but let's face it, the car is bloody hopeless if it can be beaten by a second hand Honda in a budget team.

I never did understand what exactly he was doing at Honda anyway.

And for those taking potshots at Honda, the car is getting better ('bout damn time too).