After five wins from six races and with a seemingly unassailable lead in the championship it is hard to imagine either side considering about other options. Ross Brawn admitted last year that he was still assessing Button, after being quite impressed by him during the 2004 patronage when he and Michael Schumacher raced against him in the BAR Honda. There has been quite a bit of chatter in the last couple of days about Jenson Buttons future, in light of inputs made by Brawn GPs Nick Fry on the subject.

Jensons been with us a long time, and weve had failures and weve had successes, said Fry. My objective, and our objective, is to have him for the rest of his career, and nothings changed on that front. Its mutual that he would like to stay with the team, and after five race wins, we should be able to get something together.

Although F1 online is a cynical business, it matters all round that Button stayed with the team through the winter even when it meant he was potentially risking his career. As this season goes on Brawn is increasingly impressed with Buttons ability to pull out a lap time in qualifying and to control races.

The team have rewarded that loyalty with a race winning car and no driver can ask more than that.