Button shrugs off Silverstone F1 setbackWorld championship leader 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. shrugged off his disappointing 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. on Monday and insisted normal service will be resumed at the next race in Germany. The British driver was sixth on Sunday, 46sec behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (born July 3 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He is currently contracted to the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team alongside Vitantonio Liuzzi after replacing Scott Speed on July 31 2007. in a Red Bull but still has a healthy 23-point lead in the title race over Brawn GP teammate Rubens Barrichello Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23 1972) is a Brazilian Formula One race driver of Italian descent. He currently drives for Honda. Barrichello previously drove for Ferrari from 2000 to 2005 as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable success. and a 25-point advantage over Vettel. "Red Bull have made a big improvement. They have got a lot of new parts in the car. But there are two other things as well. This circuit is very high speed, probably not our best part of the car. Also, it was cold," said Button. "We can't get the tyres to work (in those temperatures). And there's hardly any braking here. Braking is the strongest point in our car. But here, you never hit the pedal pedal /ped·al/ (ped´'l) pertaining to the foot or feet. ped·al adj. Of or relating to a foot or footlike part. that hard. "So I'm not going to go away very disappointed. I lost seven points to Vettel, which is disappointing. But we could have come away with a worse result." Button is convinced conditions in Germany will suit him more. "Nurburgring is one the heavy-braking circuits. I know Red Bull's package is good but it will turn round. I'm not upset." 
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