Honda are in no hurry to decide their 2009 driver line-up, opting instead to focus their attention of bettering their car, according to Ross Brawn.
Although Honda have shown signs of promises since Brawn took over as team boss at the start of the season, the team has still failed to live up to expectations.
After nine races the team is eighth in the Constructors' Championship, at the back end of a close battle for fourth place that sees five teams separated by just 11 points.
And it's that battle that Honda are focusing on rather than contemplating their 2009 driver line-up.
"We are in discussions, and it will evolve during the summer," Brawn told Autosport. "Our priority is clearly to get a better car for next year. So things are moving along but there is no desperate rush.
"I think we have got two very good drivers, so the first thing we have got to do is get a decent car. When we get a good car that will give our drivers the opportunity to show what they can do, and we can take stock then.
"I don't think the drivers are the problem."
The Englishman specifically gave Barrichello is vote of confidence in the wake of rumours that Fernando Alonso could sign on as Jenson Button's 2009 team-mate.
"He's possibly better," Brawn said of Barrichello.
"Out of the shadow of Michael (Schumacher) he has recognised the greater scope that Michael brought to the job. Michael was exceptional and any driver racing in the same team as Michael had a massive challenge.
"I think Rubens did a great job of coping with that, but he doesn't have to cope with it any more and it's really opened things up for him a lot more. He is possibly a better driver than when I was at Ferrari."
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