Source: SKY_Sports
Button - No title thoughts
Jenson Button has insisted he is not giving the Formula One title any thought despite looking every inch a world champion at the Monaco Grand Prix.[LNB] The Englishman scored a comfortable win around the streets of the principality on Sunday, claiming his fifth win in six races held so far this season.[LNB]Michael Schumacher was the last driver to perform such a feat in 2004 - the German going on to win 13 out of 18 races and take his seventh title.[LNB]Even so, with 11 races still to come in 2009, Button is doing his level best to ignore the favourite tag now placed upon him. [LNB]"I am not changing anything, we are just taking it all one thing at a time," he said. "I'm not talking about the world title.[LNB]"People say it is mine to lose, but I am not thinking or talking like that. There is a long way to go and I don't want to go there now."[LNB]Button, who led home team-mate Rubens Barrichello as Brawn GP scored their third one-two finish of the season, also became the first driver since Schumacher in 2006 to win three races in a row.[LNB]He screamed "Yeah, we got Monaco baby!" on his radio after taking the chequered flag - the moment obviously getting to Button as he then proceeded to park his car in the wrong place.[LNB]The 29-year-old eventually had to run down the start-finish straight to the royal box for the prize-giving ceremony.[LNB]"I thought the race was tough, but it was only when I had to make that sprint with my helmet on that I realised how long the pit straight is!" Button joked.[LNB]"Before the weekend, I said that this race means nothing different to me - but that was just to stop putting pressure on myself and so to win here is just fantastic.[LNB]"As a kid, I grew up watching this race on television and it is something special. It is just such a great event. It's so different to anything else and it is great to come away with a win.[LNB]"That's why I screamed 'We got Monaco baby!' to my engineers. A one-two here is exceptional for the Brawn team, for a new team. [LNB]"It is just staggering what we have done this year and this is a great moment."[LNB]
