Jenson Button has written off Sebastian Vettel’s title chances after being taken out of the Belgian GP by the Red Bull ace.
Button and Vettel were running second and third behind a fleeing Lewis Hamilton when the German made an attempt to pass at the Bus Stop chicane.
But the move ended in a collision after Vettel’s car was unsettled by a bump in the road and slammed into the left-hand side of Button’s McLaren. Jenson was out on the spot, and claimed that his title shot had been ruined by the incident, while Vettel continued to endure a problematic race before coming home 15th.
“For me, he [Vettel] has made too many mistakes this year to fight for the world championship. But he is extremely quick, we can’t take that away from him,” said Button.
“To get seven poles is extraordinary in the amount of races we’ve had – but to throw that many away is also very surprising.”
Vettel remains third in the drivers’ standings, but is now 31 points adrift of leader Hamilton after failing to score in three of the 13 rounds held so far and seeing potential victories go begging in others. Despite the expanding gap between the German and team-mate Mark Webber, Button does not believe that Vettel’s title bid will be extinguished by Red Bull just yet.
“I don’t think they will [back Webber] – I think they love Vettel,” he said. “I don’t think they will put all their eggs in one basket.”






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evolasme commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Funny im From The US with english parents and i live in Germany.. before every one think germany! fans are myopic . i was speking with a german friend last week. Most German fans dont like Vettel… more to the point they dont like his driving style or lack there of. hes got one of the best cars but drives like am ape. yea ok 7 poles. but racing for Pole and racing for a GP win are 2 different things entirely. Vettel needs to age and mature. But driving like he does now under pressure , hes not gonna be making many friends. He crashed Sunday cause he was driving over his head to get past Button. Sometimes you have to go slower to go faster. he aint learned it yet
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Figgins commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Again! Why is the video blocked in the US?
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Mohammed commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Vettel made a mistake but staying behind a slow car while someone is trying to overtake you is hard, and he had to pass button in order to have a chance to catch Hamilton.
http://motorsarena.co.cc/
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Mojojojo commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Put up a link for your US fans to watch guys! i download every show and now i cruising your site too lol make things easier for me!
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the helper commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 9:39 pm
all of u that dont live in britain heres a link from youtube:
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The Stig's Cousin commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Vettel is the only reason parents don’t show their kids F1 recordings to put them to sleep
Seriously, F1 has become so boring as of late, that without somebody atleast a bit reckless, they may as well drop the whole idea and go play golf instead
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f1lover commented on this article
Saturday September 4, 2010 at 11:41 pm
to those who ridicule f1 there is an off button on the tv set you are watching hope you know that and as for vettel the will be heroes and villians every race the only thing that changes is the people or drivers that play either part and yes i am british and i like a variety of drivers and cars
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Redcat commented on this article
Sunday September 5, 2010 at 6:00 am
So sick of vettel wasting his talent to be a poor copy of Schumacher. The kid’s an idiot and he’s not learning anything. Why RBR don’t back Webber more is anyone’s guess but then again a German in a German team ……..
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JOeIsMaD commented on this article
Sunday September 5, 2010 at 8:26 am
RBR is not a German Team. And at least Vettel is trying to overtake even when its difficult. So dont you be an idiot and be happy that the F1 is getting a bit more exciting.
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davo commented on this article
Sunday September 5, 2010 at 9:35 am
vettel “vettel ‘vettel so quick but yet so dangerous i wonder where red bull would be without the maturity of mark webber and his team look after vettel first what a joke . i hope webber when he wins the world title and he will tells those in charge where to go and how to get there !
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Anonymous commented on this article
Sunday September 5, 2010 at 5:12 pm
You can see vettels front wing swaying before he hits button, that cant help.
RBR is an austrian owned british team
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TonyF commented on this article
Sunday September 5, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Everyone was saying the same thing about Hamilton last year; that he was immature and needed to get his head in the game. Before that it was Alonso.
Next year it’ll be Rosberg, or something like that. Vettel is just trying to cope with new-found success and a formula at RBR that works. Keep in mind he hasn’t won any titles yet and has only been in Formula 1 for a few years.
In the meantime, enjoy the mayhem and destruction, because the rest of the race was as exciting as mold on cheese.
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Jean commented on this article
Monday September 6, 2010 at 2:08 pm
In the film you see Button moving slightly to the left which made vettel loosing it.
Button was as much to blame as Vettel was.
Some call that a racing incident.
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RWF commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 5:11 am
These comments here are the greatest. I couldn’t stop laughing from reading the first, straight to the last. Anyway old news, time to look forward to Monza!!
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GHA commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Guys pause the video between 0.05-0.06 look at sebastian vettels right of his front wing. see how it dips? im not a f1 expert my no means but the wing only dip when it is exposed to “clean” air where as the left part of the front wing is still in buttons slip stream. now. pause in between 0.06-0.07 vettel has moved to the left and now the left part of his front wing dips and the right is in its normal shape. the more the front wing is closer to the ground the more grip you get, everyone knows this. but because one side get more grip than the other one the car loses its balance, so such sudden movement behind a car like this will make the car more unstable as your tranfering the weight from one side to the other very quickly, example can be seen in drifting technique “scandanavian flick” where the driver uses the cars weight to drift.
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the stigs twin commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 4:43 pm
ive watched ‘Button frustrated by ‘weird’ Vettel move’ and button says he left 3 inches of space, which he clearly didnt, closer to 3 feet and he say that there wasnt a spot of rain and that it was completely dry when there was quite clearly rain on the onboard camera. anyway, i think vettel is a fool for taking out button and a mclaren driver should win the championship.
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the stigs twin commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 4:45 pm
the vidieos on the bbc sport website by the way.
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SVettel commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Accidents happen.
Hamilton’s crashed before. So has Senna, Prost, Piquet, Webber, Button, Lauda, Mansell, Keke Rosberg, Clark, Schumacher, Alonso, Kubica, Stewart, Francois Cervert, Graham and Damon Hill, Fangio, Nuvolari, and even Tom Kristensen, the most succesful Le Mans Driver of all time!
Every racing driver in history, even the great ones make mistakes, and crash out every now and then.
It happened to Vettel. So what?
He was trying to race. The move didn’t come off.
Now just get over it, and stop criticizing him.
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bimmerboy47 commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 8:14 pm
If you use Firefox, go to settings and tell it to use UK website.
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Frana commented on this article
Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 11:11 pm
The in-fighting (at the track AND in the office) at RB is the main reason why they have failed to take the opportunities presented to them gained in qualifying. This year’s new ‘senior’ staff appointments have caused internal friction that you just wouldn’t believe. On the other hand, watch for Lotus next year…
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Jean commented on this article
Wednesday September 8, 2010 at 9:01 am
#GHA good comment! Vettel lost balance, clearly, could be the wing, could be Button moving slightly to the left, makes no sense to criticize .. racing incident indeed.
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cbabes commented on this article
Wednesday September 8, 2010 at 12:49 pm
wat a stupid bit of drivin’…i could have passed ( or not) without destroying the others car…
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Hugo commented on this article
Monday September 13, 2010 at 9:37 am
Vettel is a klot, he will NOT win the the F1 in the next two years!!
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rubikon commented on this article
Friday October 8, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Trouble is, Vettel crashes quite a lot..not the best way to win a championship
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loony commented on this article
Monday October 18, 2010 at 9:59 am
Well guys you all have missed 1 vital point why is the front wing flexing at all…….. vettel is very brash at overtaking and needs to be more careful yes, but y havent they been penalised for what is obviously a flexable front wing. yes it passes strength tetsts but its still flexible….
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