Comments on: Button in Budapest: “No excuses”

By: Ray.C.

Ray.C. — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:32:43 +0000

It’s F1,and we all know how quickly things can change,(Lewis-China’07).
In fairness, I don’t think Mark said all that on the same day.
Button will be “unstoppable” and Mark is “still in the hunt” and referring to the law of averages,”Button’s luck can’t hold out”.
Just words, Talk yourself up, plant seeds of doubt in the opposition.
JB will probably win this year, but it will be Brawn the man as opposed to Brawn the car that will get him over the line.

By: Rusty0256

Rusty0256 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:27:11 +0000

I think we would all love to see a real 2 or 3 way dogfight for the lead over 20/30 laps between Button and Webber / Vettel but it seems the one weakness the Red Bulls have is following tight on another car; they seem relativly incapable of pulling a pass even if the car in front is demonstrably slower. Wilst this seems to be a common problem with the new F-1 diffuser aerodynamics, it seems worse on the RB’s.

On reflection though, who could have imagined twelve months ago that we would have a situation where we would have Button (perennial backmarker), Webber (fast becoming journeyman) and Vettel (newbie with great potential), fighting for the World Championship with daylight to the drivers from Ferrari, Mclaren and BMW?

What is especially fascinating is that RB’s Webber and Vettel have the potential to be a modern day version of Mclaren’s Prost and Senna; an wily experienced old head versus a gifted young gun, both capable of winning in identical cars.

By: Chris P

Chris P — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:13:56 +0000

Its is ridiculous, everyone was comparing Jenson Button to Mansell at Monaco then suddenly Webber is proclaimed Mansell after a win!

By: Oliver Drew

Oliver Drew — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:33:59 +0000

I think Button will win this weekend personally. The Brawn updates will more or less level the cars up in terms of performance I think, and we’ll see a real fight, but the Brawn is much better on it’s tyres than the Red Bull, so Brawn and Button by a nose for me. From Webber, Vettel then Rubens.

By: Boston F1 Fan

Boston F1 Fan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:41:49 +0000

- This is great news. It means that the title will not be wrapped up with a few races to go; we should witness a battle to the finish.

- I’m hoping that Webber, motivated by his win, will go on to fight for the championship. I’m also hoping that he stops issuing these stupid statements; first he said that he’s “still in the hunt”. Then he said that Button will be “unstoppable” for the rest of the season. Now he’s saying that Button’s luck can’t hold out. Keep your mouth shut, dog.

- It’s nice to see Hamilton fighting too.

By: JBFan

JBFan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:01:58 +0000

I dont think we really know how good that RBR is just yet. In both races Brawn were slower than RBR but were also compounded by poor starts and mistakes, ie the fuel rig. We have not had a fair fight between the new RBR and Brawn. Funny that, sounds like the first few races of the season, posistions reversed !

I trust in Hungary Brawn will be back to the top, but the pressure is on them to win. They are expected to win and if they dont then alot of people, Button included will see it that RBR will be unbeatable for the seasons remainder unless Brawn can give a significant update imo.

By: Chris Dunbar

Chris Dunbar — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:15:38 +0000

I wish Mark well because anything that brings more competition at the front end is great.

It’s also nice because so many of the ‘old-hands’ in F1 seem to lose their edge and are the last to realise that they have. It’s nice that Mark’s ability seems to match his own view of himself. No offence to Rubens!