{"id":20355,"date":"2013-06-11T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/button-targets-a-grand-prix-win\/"},"modified":"2013-06-11T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T20:00:16","slug":"button-targets-a-grand-prix-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/button-targets-a-grand-prix-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Button targets a Grand Prix win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jenson_Button_2010_Malaysia.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[4808]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Formula One 2010 Rd.3 Malaysian GP: Jenson But...\" alt=\"Formula One 2010 Rd.3 Malaysian GP: Jenson But...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9a025_300px-Jenson_Button_2010_Malaysia.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Formula One 2010 Rd.3 Malaysian GP: Jenson Button (McLaren) at autograph session on Sunday. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jenson Button\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jenson_Button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Jenson Button<\/a> is not giving up on winning a race this season even though he admits his championship aspirations are on hold for another year.<\/p>\n<p>Button has scored just 25 points this season \u2013 the same amount that he had after one race in 2012 \u2013 and is a distant 10th in the drivers\u2019 championship. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"McLaren\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/McLaren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">McLaren<\/a> has struggled for pace since the start of the year and both cars finished outside the points in Canada, but Button still thinks a win will be possible later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to do the best I can, and every race I go into I hope to get the maximum out of the car, and I aim to win grands prix this year,\u201d he told Press Association Sport. \u201cWhen it comes to the championship you have to think further ahead because we\u2019re so far behind we\u2019re not going to win the championship this year. But we can still win grands prix, there is still that possibility and you have to aim for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Button spent much of his earlier career at uncompetitive outfits but says it is different at McLaren as he is confident the team will turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still much happier being at a team like McLaren than a smaller team when you have issues like this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still at a great team, probably the best team to try and fight their way out of this kind of situation. It will happen. We still have a lot of talented people on this team, people that will find answers, find a way back to the front, and then it will be so much sweeter when it does happen.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.en.espnf1.com\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/formula-1\/mclaren\/canadian-grand-prix\/news\/button-were-so-far-behind_88346.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9a025_176422084_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/formula-1\/mclaren\/canadian-grand-prix\/news\/button-were-so-far-behind_88346.html\" target=\"_blank\">McLaren\u2019s Jenson Button: \u2018Canada was painful, we\u2019re so far behind\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com\/2013\/06\/09\/button-disappointed-as-mclarens-record-streak-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9a025_176383311_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com\/2013\/06\/09\/button-disappointed-as-mclarens-record-streak-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\">Button disappointed as McLaren\u2019s record streak ends<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2013\/jun\/08\/jenson-button-canadian-grand-prixa=176126655rid=0a954cfb-4537-4211-96f8-8d6f557ee847e=1c54ecd4f7b21b9abd9eb6f75abb4286\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9a025_176126655_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2013\/jun\/08\/jenson-button-canadian-grand-prixa=176126655rid=0a954cfb-4537-4211-96f8-8d6f557ee847e=1c54ecd4f7b21b9abd9eb6f75abb4286\" target=\"_blank\">Jenson Button describes the pleasure of seeing others celebrate his wins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/36467_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One 2010 Rd.3 Malaysian GP: Jenson Button (McLaren) at autograph session on Sunday. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Jenson Button is not giving up on winning a race this season even though he admits his championship aspirations are on hold for another year. 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