ブラウンはまた、ホンダの言い分にも理解を示した。ホンダは市場で40％も売り上げが減少し、ホンダのF1での200万ポンドを超える予算の負担には気が進まなかった。
(S (S (S (PP-SBJ (BASENP (NNP ブラウン)) (IN は)) (VP (ADVP (RB また)) (COMMA 、) (VP (PP (PP (NP (PP (BASENP (NNP ホンダ)) (IN の)) (NN 言い分)) (IN に)) (IN も)) (VP (PP-OBJ (BASENP (NN 理解)) (IN を)) (VP (VBV 示し) (VP (MD た))))))) (PERIOD 。)) (S (S (PP-SBJ (BASENP (NNP ホンダ)) (IN は)) (VP (VP (PP (BASENP (NN 市場)) (IN で)) (VP (BASENP (NN ４０) (NN ％) (INFK も)) (VP (S (PP-SBJ (BASENP (NN 売り上げ)) (IN が)) (VP (NN 減少) (VBV し)))))) (COMMA 、) (VP (PP (PP (NP (PP (NP (PP (BASENP (NNP ホンダ)) (IN の)) (NP (PP (PP (BASENP (NNP Ｆ１)) (IN で)) (IN の)) (NP (S-REL-NSBJ (VP (PP-OBJ (BASENP (NN ２００万) (NN ポンド)) (IN を)) (VB 超える))) (NN 予算)))) (IN の)) (NN 負担)) (IN に)) (IN は)) (VP (S (PP-SBJ (BASENP (NN 気)) (IN が)) (VP (VBV 進ま) (VP (MDV なかっ) (VP (MD た))))))))) (PERIOD 。)))