“[Brawn] has brought what the team needed, which is a leader trying to balance the harmony of the team and make sure everyone is in the right place. I think the team is much more well-organised with him here, and slowly now I think we're going to work on some other areas where the team can improve – some of them are quite good already, but others need taking on and looking after.
“I'm very pleased that Alex [Wurz – test-driver] has joined the team too. We have two drivers who have done a lot of miles in me and him, and with Jenson's [Button – team-mate] experience as well it's going to be all about taking things to the next level. I think we're going forwards, and I can see good times coming.”
That must be a welcome relief after last season, and a clear indication that Barrichello has no thoughts of hanging up his helmet just yet. He may have triumphed on nine occasions, set 13 pole positions, achieved 16 fastest laps and stood up on the rostrum some 61 times already over the course of his
F1 career, but the desire to add to that impressive tally shows few signs of abating with age.
“I will leave my mark in
Formula 1,” he asserted, alluding to his soon-to-be record number of starts but also evidently thinking along the lines of bringing success to
Honda. “Hopefully I will leave some other marks too, but this is one of them. [I will carry on] as long as I enjoy it, and right now I'm enjoying it too much [to stop].
“I think the personal objective is to improve – a lot – on last year, and I think we have to really aim high. The energy [within the team] is all focussed on making it to the podium, and I think we can do that.”
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