Jenson Button says he needs to find the right mixture of aggression and caution over the four remaining races of the season.
Championship leader says he can't be too cautious in defending advantage
Jenson Button has said he needs to find the right mixture of aggression and caution over the four remaining races of the season in his quest for world championship success.
The Brawn GP driver heads into this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix with a 14-point lead over team-mate Rubens Barrichello - the Brazilian albeit having shown the better form of late.
Barrichello led Button home in a Brawn one-two finish last time out in Italy and also won three races ago in Valencia to cut the Englishman's advantage.
Button's podium at Monza was his first since he won the Turkish Grand Prix in June, his own title challenge having been built on a foundation of six victories scored in the first seven races.
While the 29-year-old knows a circumspect approach in Singapore, Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi could still yield him the crown, he believes it's a tactic he cannot afford to rely on.
"It is a great position to be in and I am very privileged to be leading the championship but it is also a tricky one as a driver as you are here to win and challenge for victory," Button said.
"But you can also think that I only have to finish just behind my team-mate in every race now and I would still win the championship by six or eight points.
"It is a difficult one but I think as soon as you start backing off and taking it easier that is when problems start.
"You have got to go out and be aggressive but it is always in the back of your mind about finishing the races and being consistent.
"I am looking forward to the next four races as they are all circuits I love. They suit our car and suit me."
Sad
Button's title bid continues 12 months on from the race which earlier this week landed Renault in the dock to face a charge that they had manipulated its outcome by asking driver Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash.
Although the team themselves escaped with a two-year suspended ban, former team principal Flavio Briatore - for whom Button drove whilst at Benetton/Renault in 2001/02 - was banned for life.
Button, whom Briatore said possessed the charisma of a "concrete post" earlier in the season, refused to be drawn on the controversy, preferring to concentrate on the weekend ahead.
"I am an individual so I can't speak for the sport and for the spectators but it is obviously sad," he added.
"The good thing is, it is over and done with now and we can move on. For us the most important thing is good racing and that is what I care about.
"What happens off the circuit is down to the people that are involved but what goes on on the circuit has been fantastic over the last couple of years and long may it continue."
