Button frustrated with Mercedes, Brawn comparison

Jenson Button has denied there are any similarities between Mercedes and Brawn and admits it annoys him when some are made.

Button lifted the trophy in 2009 when Brawn dominated the start of the season, in a similar style to Mercedes in the last three years.

Mercedes bought Brawn ahead of the 2010 season, but Button still says there are no comparisons.

"It does actually annoy me when people make comparisons, because there is no comparison at all,” he said.

"Mercedes is a fully-funded team that are streets ahead, they win every race. We didn't win every race.

"We won quite a few races at the start of the year, but we didn't qualify on pole or on the front row on all of them - half of them we probably did.

"We raced well and we won those races, not by a big margin, and from race six onwards we didn't have the quickest car.

"They have gone three years with the quickest car, and with a big margin, so there's no comparison.

"They are doing a fantastic job; they have all the right people, the funding, and they obviously have the drivers as well.

"We need the regulation change to really challenge them. I don't think anyone would challenge them otherwise."

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