Button: I want to win races

Jenson Button has decided that he will drive in a more determined manner from now on after losing only two points of his championship lead despite crashing in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Englishman holds a sixteen-point advantage over team-mate Rubens Barrichello with five races to go in 2009.

Having last won in Turkey six races ago, championship leader Button has failed to achieve a result higher than fifth for the last ten weeks although the Frome driver knows that the championship advantage is his. "I suppose having six wins in seven races is the reason why it's taken them so long to close up," he said of his rivals, in reference to his strong start to the year.

"We have got to start getting back to being competitive; I know all I need to do is finish fourth or fifth but that's not what I want to do - I want to win races, it's what I'm here to do and it's what I love doing, competing at the front, so I'm going to be aggressive.

"I'm not going to suddenly back off after qualifying and take it easy in the races because - even if I'm in fifth - I still want to do well; I still want to win races and I still want to be competitive and that's exactly what I hope will happen at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza a week next Sunday."

Source: GP Update