Drivers world championship leader Briton Jenson Button will race with more aggression in a bid to secure victory in this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix and tighten his grip in the title-race.
After four races without a win, the 29-year-old Englishman knows the time has come for him to wring all he can from himself and his Brawn GP car in a bid to make sure that he makes the most of his 18-points lead in the championship.
He said: “It is better to be consistent and not crash, but if you are consistent and get two points it is not enough now. So, I am going to go to Spa to be more aggressive, for sure: in every way, not just driving, but with the strategy and with the tyres.
“It is where we have got to be because otherwise it (my lead) is going to be slowly eaten away. It is a very difficult season this year because we have had some really poor weekends and some really strong weekends. Times of India
Button recognised that he needed to raise his game in Belgium after Barrichello won Sunday’s European Grand Prix to move up to second place overall, 18 points behind him with six rounds remaining.
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello has sent a clear warning to championship-leading Brawn team mate Jenson Button that the Formula One title battle is far from over. Auto Racing Daily
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, who has dropped from second to fourth in the chase to catch Jenson Button, is still adamant this may yet prove to be his year.
“It is possible,” Vettel says. “I am not giving up, definitely not. For sure, 25 points is not easy, but we have seen how quickly things can change.”
Indeed they can. Lewis Hamilton threw away a 17-point lead in just two races in 2007 – and there are still six to go this term – but it is stretching credulity to envisage a scenario whereby all three of the drivers above Vettel slip up. Telegraph.co.uk
Pos Driver Team Points 1 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 72 2 Rubens BarrichelloBrawn-Mercedes54 3 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 51.5 4 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 47 5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 29.5 6 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes27 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 24 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 22.5 9 Felipe Massa Ferrari 22 10 Timo Glock Toyota 16 11 Fernando Alonso Renault 16 12 Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes14 13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 6 14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 3 15 Sebastien BuemiSTR-Ferrari 3 16 Sebastien BourdaisSTR-Ferrari 2 17 Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes0 18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes0 19 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0 20 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0 21 Jaime AlguersuariSTR-Ferrari0 22 Romain Grosjean Renault 0 23 Luca Badoer Ferrari 0
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