How Button made Turkey look easy

How Button made Turkey look easy

He was slow on Friday and started from the dirty side of the grid, yet Jenson Button still stormed to his most commanding win yet in Turkey. Adam Cooper got the inside line from the Brawn drivers on Button's triumph and Barrichello's disaster

Six out of seven is an impressive record by any standards, but what's remarkable about Jenson Button's run of wins is that he makes it all look so easy, when in fact few of his successes have been as clear cut as they appear.

Istanbul followed that pattern, and after a slightly dodgy start to the weekend – he was only 12th on the slippery, green track on Friday – Jenson emerged with the fastest package come qualifying and the race. And he made full use of it, putting in another faultless performance.

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