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‘Psychology' the key factor in Button's 2009 title

Jock Clear believes Jenson Button beat Rubens Barrichello to the 2009 World Championship because he was better mentally prepared. The two Brawn team-mates had the title race to themselves from an early stage after substantial regulation changes were brought in for that season. Brawn, who had finished ninth as Honda the previous year before a management buyout, adapted far better than any of their rivals and Button won six of the first seven races. Barrichello was second to him in three of those and ended up third in the Drivers' standings, winning the European and Italian Grands Prix to end up 18 points behind Button – with Sebastian Vettel, who was champion for the next four years,...
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