Button feels younger after three wins

Updated on: 09 May,2009 08:59 AM IST |
AFP |

Having won three of the four races, Brawn GP's British driver Jenson Button says he feels a lot younger

Having won three of the four races, Brawn GP's British driver Jenson Button says he feels a lot younger

Jenson Button, whose birth date shows he was 29 in January, is not saying anything just yet, but if he goes on winning, he could be celebrating like a teenager at the end of the year.

Three victories in the opening four races have lifted the likeable Briton 12 points clear of his Brawn GP teammate and nearest rival Brazilian Rubens Barrichello in the drivers world championship.

And that, he says, is just for starters. He finished sixth in yesterday afternoon's second practice session for tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix after clocking fastest time in the morning.

"I'm in a good position right now," he said. "I've been in Formula One now for nine years so I have the experience.

"And now I've got a car that I can challenge for race wins with and still have the excitement. I don't feel 29 at allu00a0I feel a lot younger. It must be something to do with winning mustn't it?"

Button was still a teenager when he won his ticket to become a Formula One driver by out-pacing rival drivers in a 'shoot out' for a seat with the Williams team a decade ago.

He arrived as a young talent with great enthusiasm for a fast life on and off the track.

Now, after years of growing wiser, he has learned to temper his approach to the job and emerged as a fine driver and a popular one, too.

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