BAR: We can win without Button.

BAR boss, Nick Fry has vowed that the Brackley based squad will be successful with or without Jenson Button.

Speaking to British newspaper, The Sunday Mirror, Fry added that despite a difficult time this season they are 'heading in the right direction' and that while they would like to keep Jenson if he leaves it won't be the end of the world.

"If Jenson decides to do something else you have got to separate the personal side from the business side," said Fry.

"You have got to be completely objective about things. If Jenson decides he wants to go elsewhere that's fine, he is a professional. We are not short of other offers. We will be successful with or without him.

"I'm sorry to sound arrogant but we are backed by Honda. We will get there. Luckily there are a lot of other people around here who can see we are headed in the right direction despite having a difficult year."

Despite the uncertainty though over where Button will go in 2006, Fry said they are continuing to proceed assuming he will stay, rather than go to Williams, as is thought most likely.

"Jenson's a great driver," continued Fry. "I have no doubt he can win races if he is given the machinery and will be champion too.

"We are already designing a car around Jenson for next year. Until the point he decides 100 per cent otherwise our assumption is that he is going to drive for us. That is what we want to happen."