One vacant seat and team funding
Nico Rosberg has cheekily thanked Jenson Button for making his 2006 Formula One debut possible.
The 20-year-old GP2 champion told England`s Sunday Mirror newspaper that, had it not been for Button clinging to his Honda seat, there would not have been a vacancy within the Williams team.

"Jenson Button is my hero," Rosberg laughed. "He gave me an F1 seat and gave the team a huge amount of money to help us with our racing!"

Rosberg also denied that new team-mate Mark Webber would go out of his way to welcome him to the grid.

"At the end of the day we are opponents," Rosberg admitted, "I don`t think he will give me so much advice.

Tags: grand-prix,