Button Promisses He Won't Blow Title Like Hamilton

Holding a 14-point lead over his teammate Rubens Barrichello with only 2 races to go in the season, Jenson Button cannot stop from thinking that a fellow countryman was in the same position about 2 years ago. In the end, things didn't turn out in his favor, as he somehow managed to throw it down the drain and lose the title by only one point.

Yes, we're talking about Lewis Hamilton and the closing stages of the 2007 season. The McLaren rookie was leading teammate Fernando Alonso by 12 points and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen by a massive 17 points with 2 rounds to go, yet he didn't make it to the finish line. Ham recorded a DNF in China and had a difficult Brazilian GP to lose the title by one point (to Kimi) and finish equal-pointed to Alonso.

Looking back at what happened to Lewis, Button insists he will play his cards well in the next month and will secure Great Britain its second title in a row inside the Great Circle. Therefore, he will go for points rather than race wins, as he only needs 6 in 2 races to become world champion. If we were to do the match, two 6th places in Brazil and Abu Dhabi would be enough for that.

“I won't blow it like Lewis Hamilton. With them (McLaren), they had a very fast car but for whatever reason, they didn't finish races. Obviously, finishing races, picking up points, we obviously want the best result possible which is to win races and we'll get as close to that as we can but it's about not making mistakes, that's the most important thing,” said Button after the race at Suzuka, in which he only managed 8th place.

“I don't feel under pressure. The closer we get to the end of the season, the more pressure there is on the people chasing me. I'm still leading by 16 points (to Vettel) and there's only two races left. Over the last two races I haven't lost any points to Rubens, which is good. Vettel took a lot of points out of me but I expected his Red Bull car to be quick at this track,” added Button.