World championship leader Jenson Button is confident he and his Brawn GP team will bounce back to form with a strong performance in this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Red Bull pair of Australian Mark Webber and German Sebastian Vettel delivered two successive one-two triumphs at Silverstone and the Nurburgring to underline their bid for world title glory.
But Button, who has been training hard at his home in Monaco, is still 21 points ahead.
“We need to make another step and to show our performance is still there. Red Bull have stepped up their game and it is up to us to respond now, and I am certain we will.
“The Hungaroring is one of my favourite races and I feel good about it even more so this year as it should finally see a return to some real summer temperatures. I’ve been at home in Monaco for the past week concentrating on my training because I know how physical it can be there with the heat.”
Button won six of the opening seven races this year before the Red Bull revival in colder climates and after the German race, he said: “This is hurting now. If Vettel had won here that would have been a disaster for me.”
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His team boss Ross Brawn said: “I know we face another fierce battle, but we have significant upgrades on the car for Budapest and they will give us performance gains.
Barrichello, who slammed his team’s pit-stops and strategy after a disappointing finish in Germany, said he had put that outburst behind him now.
“I want to start the second half of the season afresh this weekend and focus on getting the maximum performance from the car and our upgrades,” he said.
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“It’s not that easy to overtake through the slow corners in Hungary so it places the emphasis on having a good qualifying session on Saturday and being able to start from high up the grid as possible.”
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