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Go Jense!!!

Dammit I just made one of these a matter of minutes after you

heres to a good season for him he's sounding confident!

I will just leave this here

Come on Jenson! Here's to another fantastic season and hopefully another WDC

New forum, new lease of life for Jenson. I just have a really good feeling about this year. He is truly settled into the team, got some great people around him and I think he can go on and win that 2nd WDC.

Go Jenson!!

Jenson is the man.....2012 is his year

Jenson is the man no doubt about it, can be slow in an unsettled unbalanced and slow cars but give him competitive machinery then we witness the true talents of Jenson.

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Driver Instructor & Test Driver

Definitely one of my favourite images, lets hope the car is on par or above the competition.

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Brawn GP one year of racing history

Lets hope he isn't pulling that face too often ^^

We need to see.

Just curious why there isn't more activity in this thread? It's been 2 weeks since the last post???

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Kimi has always looked better in black.

there hasn't been any racing since a long time.
Jenson did exceptionally well in Australia and China, but the other two races he was unnoticeable (Malaysia his fault, Bahrain not)

Any comments from Jenson fans relating to his qualifying performance(s) so far? he appears to be a much stronger racer than qualifier.

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We want heroes, but there are few, mainly it's cars - Pedro De La Rosa

After the first two races I thought he solved his issues, but the last 3 Q's have been very mediocre, stuggled with tyres all weekend probably struggle to get top 6 in race.

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Jenson Button & Williams F1 Team supporter!

I disagree i think top 3 is on the cards but his quali was shocking the worst since GB 2010 imo.

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Lewis is to Twitter what Grosjean is to first corners.

Seems i was well off I hope Monaco brings better results.

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Lewis is to Twitter what Grosjean is to first corners.

I can empathise with that. Expected Jenson to at least claw something back in Barcelona on Sunday but it appears that he just lost the set-up on the car after Friday. Very grim.

Hopefully he will find it again! Watching him chase down Fernando and Sebastian last year through the twisty circuit of Monaco was awesome, such a shame that the late crash denied us a thrilling finish.

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What did you say... Douglas?

Another shocker.

Won't finish in the points.

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Jenson Button & Williams F1 Team supporter!

Hard times to be a Jenson fan for sure....for christ sake man pull it together on Saturdays!

We want to see the Jenson of last year who punched all those people who said he could not qualify on the nose, not the Jenson of Mid-2010 who took over the mantle of the most moany moaner in moanervile.

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Kimi Raikkonen
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it is, after last year i thought Jenson had finally got nearer the front of the grid consistantly, but this year he has taken quite a few steps back

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Jenson Button Fan.

Another fail 13th

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PLAY A RECORD KARL COS I'M GUNNA KNOCK YOU OUT!!!

I like button (after ham) but he is a chump when it comes to qualifying. He needs to step it up, I can see him drifting out the championship race slowly, esp as all his rivals start ahead of him tomorrow in much better and heavier point scoring positions. He needs to step up his Saturday performances. 6-0 Hamilton thus far on qualifying (penalties and disqualification excluded!)

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Hamilton | Mercedes

Or "I just couldn't find the balance thread"

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Hamilton | Mercedes

Not to offend any JB fans but does he lack the guts to take risks to get that extra 10th? If the car's not the best in quali it feels like he's done.

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We want heroes, but there are few, mainly it's cars - Pedro De La Rosa

I don't think it's guts, I think it's a severe confidence issue.

Interestingly, he was 0.370s behind Lewis in Q2. Last season that would have easily gotten him into Q3, probably putting him in the top six in Q3. Jenson's issues are a great demonstration of how competitive this season is.

What I can't work out is how Lewis qualified fourth when he didn't do anything much in Q1 or Q2. So maybe Lewis did a really great lap in Q3, meaning Jenson did an OK job. Or maybe Lewis underperformed in Q1+Q2, meaning Jenson was dreadful.

I really really hope he turns this around, because it's sad to see.

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I don't follow F1 so I don't know what I'm talking about

In q2 I am sure it was closer to 7 tenths.....

Q2
7. Hamilton 1:15.166
13. Button 1:15.536

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I don't follow F1 so I don't know what I'm talking about

Is it me or was his last Q2 stint stupidly long was 7 laps, doubt it would have made much of a differnce to be honest, sector 1 and 3 were alright but he lost loads in S2.

My view is that he is chokes in Qs.

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Sorry choke is a bit strong but I am so annoyed at his lack of performance in the past 3 weekends, he is definatly struggling with something in the wether that be tyres, the new high nose or low-fuel balance.

He was also happy with car in P3 but it went to pot in Q again so I wonder if they made a setup change in the wrong direction or if he was overheating the tyres due to the higer tempartures, usually I'd expect a strong race but after what happened in Bahrain and Spain I'm not expecting much. A couple more Q's like this he will be out of WDC contention.

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Jenson Button & Williams F1 Team supporter!

I'm a huge Button fan, and have been for a lot of years. But blimey, it's not easy being a JB supporter, is it? Autosport.com/f1 has an article entitled "Button mystified by lack of pace" on it's front page. I'm sure I've seen the exact same title to a news article at least once before this season, if not more.

For me, and definitely with a "glass half full" attitude, the only consolations are:

1. The season is so close this year, 3 or 4 tenths of a second mean so much more than I think they have in the past, that it all seems much more 'shocking';
2. While it's not an excuse, I'm genuinely starting to wonder whether there's any truth to the talk about how the 2012 Pirelli tyres have turned things into a bit of a lottery, where people do "luck in" to a good set up;
3. When you see things like the Vettel/Webber disparity today, it does show that sometimes "sh-t happens", and everyone can sometimes struggle to have a good weekend whilst their team-mate looks to be having a great one.

Ho hum...

Still, as they say - no points for Saturday...

Regards,
FJ

Edited to sort out a typo...

The tires have definitely made things very unpredictable this season but if you look closely, Button's deficit to Hamilton in quali is about the same this year as it was last year. But because the grid is so closely packed those 2 or 3 tenths are costing Button 7 or 8 positions instead of 2 or 3 (last year). Unless Button makes some improvements to his quali performances he'll fall out of this year's championship very quickly. There's a chance that all the other title contenders could finish in front of him tomorrow.

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cMEc - I can't disagree at all. In fact, your last two sentences raise a point that I've been trying hard to avoid thinking about...

Funny how things flex and change tho... Start of the season: JB massively confident and words to the effect of "only myself to blame if I don't get WDC" and all that, and then wins the first race of the year; Hamilton has a disappointing first race, and looks like a grumpy kiddie that's been grounded.

Fast-forward half a dozen races, and Hamilton has put in some epic performances this year (and I say that as someone who isn't really a fan of his, but is hugely impressed by him at times), and JB looks like he's struggling a bit.

It's a funny old game. Long season tho, I guess...

Regards,
FJ

Indeed- its all part of being a Button fan i guess when he's happy he's beast when he's not

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Lewis is to Twitter what Grosjean is to first corners.

I think hes just become a victim of how competitive this season is, the car is no long miles faster than a lotus or a williams or a mercedes or a Ferrari. Its affecting all of who you would consider the top runners but more so Jensen because quali isnt his strong point as where vettel Ham and Alonso are good qualifiers it doesnt harm them as much. Of Course being Jensen he has to put the blame down to tires or something

I think it is the ridiculous beard that is affecting his driving. He is so concerned with thevoice in his head laughing at him all the time that he can't drive.

Shave it off Jenson!

reckon he is doing a not shaving the beard off till I get a podium thing?

Q2 was very tight, there was what...7 tenths between 13th and 1st (Massa's time)

Maybe it was a mistake to do such a long run?

I love how Button's always "mystified" when he doesn't have pace.

I am a Hamilton fan but I think you are being a bit harsh here, McLaren have set up taking into account it might rain come race time, this could be having a worse affect on Button due to him being very sensitive to car set up issues