I won’t push it, insists Button September 29, 2009 FORMULA ONE: Championship leader Jenson Button insists he will not be taking any unnecessary risks in his bid for a first world title. The Brawn GP driver, is closing in on Lewis Hamilton’s crown with a 15-point lead over team-mate Rubens Barrichello with only three races left. But the Briton, who has talked up the [...]
Don’t take your foot off the gas now, rueful Hamilton warns his heir Button September 28, 2009 WORLD champion Lewis Hamilton has warned his would-be successor Jenson Button that he cannot afford to ease off now that his goal is in sight. Button took another step towards his maiden title by increasing his championship lead to 15 points at Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix. But the Englishman only managed fifth place – the [...]
Hamilton on song in Singapore as Button takes another step closer to his championship dream September 27, 2009 BRITAIN’S Jenson Button toasted the sweetest fifth-placed finish of his career yesterday at the Singapore Grand Prix, after tightening his grip on a maiden world championship. Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton won the night race but Button increased his lead over Brawn GP team-mate and nearest title rival Rubens Barrichello, while Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel only made [...]
Button feeling the heat as championship nears climax September 24, 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP leader Jenson Button has confessed he is finding it hard to resist the temptation to play it safe as he closes in on a maiden drivers’ title. Button is in the enviable position of holding a 14-point lead at the top of the standings with just four races left. On the other hand, the [...]
Button hails his return to the podium at Italian GP September 13, 2009 BRITAIN’S Jenson Button toasted a return to form after his first podium finish in six attempts edged him nearer to a maiden world title at the Italian Grand Prix. Button had to watch as Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello took first place at Monza, and shaved two points off his lead in the drivers’ championship. [...]
Button must rid himself of complacency, says Mansell September 10, 2009 NIGEL MANSELL has warned the misfiring Jenson Button to keep his composure if he wants to become Britain’s second successive Formula 1 world champion. The Brawn driver remains on course to follow in the footsteps of fellow countryman, and last season’s winner Lewis Hamilton, holding a 16-point advantage with five races remaining. But after going [...]
Button vows to rediscover winning way August 31, 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP leader Jenson Button insists he does not want to go on limping his way towards a maiden world title. The Brawn GP driver failed to finish for the first time this season on Sunday at the Belgian Grand Prix, and has taken just 11 points from the last five races. Despite his waning form [...]
Alonso given reprieve as Renault ban is overturned August 17, 2009 RENAULT and former world champion Fernando Alonso will race at this week’s European Grand Prix after being handed a late reprieve yesterday. The team were hit with a one-race ban after a wheel came loose from Alonso’s car during the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. But governing body the FIA yesterday agreed to lift the [...]
Button and Brawn can get F1 season back on track July 23, 2009 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX, SUNDAY 1PM, BBC 1 THE FORMULA ONE season is past its halfway point and Brawn GP’s shock domination of earlier in the year is, after nine races, neither a shock nor even much of a domination. The Red Bull car has been the other revelation of the season and while Sebastian Vettel [...]
Schumacher cool on Brawn talk July 12, 2009 FORMULA ONE: Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher has played down suggestions he could join Brawn GP in a technical role. Schumacher, who still tests for former team Ferrari, is rumoured to be linking up with ex-boss Ross Brawn next season. But the German said: “If I’d wanted to work, I had the options, and may even [...]