Button fine with salary cut as long as the team races

According to a source within the Honda F1 team, Jenson Button is willing to accept a pay cut as long as the team is on the starting grid for the Australian GP. Button is known for demanding high salaries but will have to accept less since the team is struggling to stay alive since Honda's parent company pulled the plug on its F1 department.

The source told the 'The Times': "The people who have said that Jenson was a money-grabbing playboy should eat their words. He could have held out for his full pay, like certain bankers, and even gone to law with a cast-iron case.

But that was never in his mind. All he wanted was to come to a deal that would allow him to drive a car put on the grid by Ross Brawn. Nothing else mattered."