Thread: Start of F1 2010 has blown me away!

Defending world champion Jenson Button has admitted that he has been 'absolutely blown away' by the start he has made to the F1 2010 campaign – and in a warning shot to his rivals, the current world championship leader has revealed that he is still on 'a learning process' at McLaren-Mercedes and as such only going to get even stronger.

Defying most pre-season predictions and confounding his critics, Button has not only out-qualified team-mate and title-winning predecessor Lewis Hamilton three-one, but he has also out-scored his compatriot – who some had claimed would eat him alive for having had the brazen audacity to enter his team in the misguided belief that he could gain the upper hand – by 60 points to 49 and out-triumphed him two-nil, courtesy of brilliant and bold tactical victories in Australia and China.

That has made the 30-year-old the only double-winner thus far in 2010, and left him with a ten-point advantage in the chase for the crown returning next to Europe for the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona on 9 May. And few, only a matter of months ago, would have forecast that.

“It has been an absolutely incredible start to the season, just incredible,” Button enthused in an interview on his official website. “To say I'm satisfied would be a massive understatement – I am absolutely blown away by all the events of the last five weeks! Taking the chequered flag in Melbourne is still a pretty unbelievable feeling and to be on top in the world championship is just an amazing place to be – and it feels so good.

You have got to hand it to Button, His issues at Renault with Briatore, contract probs. with Williams, while racing with Brawn he's got Branson trying to get his girl in the sack, then the contract problems with Ross and Mercedes, then a whole new team with a quality driver and former W.D.C. Well done Jenson