Button 'to stay positive'
Honda driver Jenson Button is confident the team will be able to find a buyer and continue to compete in Formula One.
The Northamptonshire-based outfit are looking for new owners after the Japanese manufacturers decided to quit the sport for financial reasons.
"With the team and the attitude we have I can't believe there is not anyone interested in buying it and helping us out," said 28-year-old Button.
"The team are working their backsides off to produce a great car for 2009."
Team chief executive Nick Fry told the BBC he has had three approaches already from potential new owners.
However, a January deadline has been set to find an investor and staff at the team's Brackley headquarters have been told to expect redundancy letters before Christmas.
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"I found out the same as everyone did on the team, so it's just as much a shock for me as for everyone else," Button said when first discovering the news.
The Briton has been linked with a switch to Toro Rosso or Williams but was in optimistic mood after visiting the Honda team headquarters.
"I headed up to the factory to see what was going on, not in a very positive mood, but after half an hour with the whole crew, in every department, I realised we can't change what's happened. The only thing we can do is stay positive and that's what we are doing."
Button offered a message to potential investors and stated: "What they'll get is a great team with excellent facilities.
"With the leadership of team principal Ross Brawn and the whole team as they are we can come through this and be on the grid in 2009."
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