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F1 News - No.2 driver 'best way' for F1 team success - Button - October, 2011 |
Oct.3 (GMM) Jenson Button has admitted having a clear number 2 driver is the best approach for a formula one team. Team orders are now legal in F1 and Eddie Irvine, Michael Schumacher's clear supporting driver at Ferrari in the mid nineties, recently hailed Briton Button as the sport's new "best number 2".Button, 31, is actually the only driver still in the running with Sebastian Vettel for the 2011 title, and 17 points ahead of his high profile teammate Lewis Hamilton.He told Die Welt newspaper: "The best way for a team to win the world championship would probably be to have a number 1 driver and a number 2 who is happy to be the number two."That's not what we have at McLaren," insisted Button.As for Irvine's recent criticism, Button hit back with an apparent reference to 1999, when the Ulsterman came close to the championship in the wake of Schumacher's broken leg."It's (Irvine's comments) very sweet," the Briton told PA Sport recently. "All I can say is that it was fun winning the world championship, and I hope to do it again."F1 News F1 Schedule F1 Line-up Constructors' Championship Drivers' Championship F1 Tickets Live F1 Coverage Full Version: Formula 1 News Formula 1 Schedule Formula 1 Line-up Constructors' Championship Drivers' Championship Live F1 Coverage 10 'n' Pole F1 Regulations The Forums Motorsport Shop F1 Merchandise F1 Tickets F1 Diecast F1 Videos F1 Games Back To Top |