Jenson Button vs. Sebastian Vettel: That’s How They’re Racing Now

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Published: October 9, 2011

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Before the top three from today's Japanese Grand Prix took to the podium, BBC coverage showed Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso taking a well-earned breather in a drivers' room.

To stir things up a bit, Button quizzed newly crowned double World Champion Vettel on what the start was all about. 

The incident in question saw a faster starting Button, starting from second, edged onto the grass as pole-sitter Vettel squeezed him into lifting off the throttle and a subsequent opportunity to lead the race. His forced loss of momentum allowed Lewis Hamilton to snatch second as they headed into turn one. 

Vettel responded by describing it as just racing, before Button added further tension by snapping back, "So that's how we're racing now."

The incident went under investigation with stewards, headed in this Grand Prix by former driver Alan Jones. However they deemed that no further action should be taken. Button was initially frustrated. 

In a sport that has seen various competitors go to extreme lengths to hold an advantage, it appeared that maybe the English driver could not handle the pressure. 

This is a driver who, in my opinion, always left himself down by blaming the car more often than taking a deeper look at himself. 

Yet he still went and won the Grand Prix. He passed his teammate Lewis Hamilton and then took Vettel in the pits before controlling the rest of the race and earning the consequent victory. 



If we are fair in our judgement, before Button's unexpected triumph at Brawn, no one anticipated the star that he has now become. Even as he dominated in a car that vastly excelled against all others, the fact that he had to scrap for his only title win after thrusting ahead early meant that we saw Button as a champion sadly born more out of luck than talent.

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