However Button does not offer a full denialIf you believe a catchy headline, then
Jenson Button's F1 team Honda is officially in crisis.
But, perhaps surprisingly, even the 26-year-old Briton - the only racer to retire with a mechanical failure at his home grand prix
after qualifying poorly - does not offer a full denial.
Asked if he would refute the 'Honda in decline' suggestion, Button said: No, I wouldn't. A lot of it is that the top teams have developed and we haven't -- that's a fact."
Team boss Nick Fry, however, is keenly racing away from the 'crisis' label, despite having overseen arguably Button's worst weekend in nearly seven years of grand prix racing.
But Fry even had to deny suggestions that his highly-paid lead driver, outperformed again by resurgent teammate
Rubens Barrichello in Britain, was starting to drop his head.
The English team principal said of the situation: "I'm sure it won't get any worse but you just have to move on."
Source GMM CAPSIS International
