BRAWN: BUTTON PUSHED.Byline: BYRON YOUNG JENSON BUTTON Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January, 1980) is an English Formula One racing driver. He currently competes for the Honda Racing F1 team. He won his first Grand Prix in Hungary, on August 6 2006 after 113 races. faces the fight of his life today to grab pole at the British Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see British Grand Prix (disambiguation). The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. . Team boss Ross Brawn admits championship rivals Red Bull could deprive the 29-year-old of victory in the race he most wants to win in front of 110,00 cheering home fans. And Brawn's fears were backed up with Sebastian Vettel fastest, just a fifth of a second ahead of team-mate Mark Webber. Adrian Sutil, of Force India, and Kazuki Nakajima, of RBS RBS Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Role Based Security RBS Rollback Segment RBS Rare Book School (University of Virginia) RBS Rural Business Cooperative Service RBS Ribosome Binding Site (genetics) Williams, were third and fourth as Button, fifth, struggled in Silverstone's crosswinds. After seeing the Red Bulls in action Brawn admitted: "They are too quick. We are going to have trouble this weekend. "We tried a few different evaluations and initially struggled as we had no grip in the high or low speed corners." But the team boss is confident he can resolve his cars' technical problems. Brawn said: "The data gathered this afternoon should give us the right direction on the set-up for qualifying."DRIVERS' TABLE 1 Jenson Button ................61 2 Rubens Barrichello ......35 3 Sebastian Vettel............29 4 Mark Webber..............27.5 5 Jarno Trulli ..................19.5 6 Timo Glock ......................13 7 Nico Rosberg ..........................11.5 8 Felipe Massa ....................11 9 Fernando Alonso ............11 10 Kimi Raikkonen................9CONSTRUCTORS 1 Brawn ..............................96 2 Red Bull........................56.5 3 Toyota ..........................32.5 4 Ferrari ..............................20 5 McLaren ..........................13 6 Williams ........................11.5 7 Renault ............................11 8 BMW Sauber ....................8 9 Toro Toro may refer to:
CAPTION(S): PLAYING CATCH-UP Jenson Button yesterday |
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