**Newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button is aiming to create history by becoming the first British driver to win consecutive world titles.**The 29-year-old became the 10th Briton to win the F1 title on Sunday in Brazil and also helped his Brawn team take the constructors’ crown.
“No British driver has ever won back-to-back titles - so that’s an ambition,” said Button.
“This team is not a one-hit wonder and neither am I.”
Button’s superb fifth place in difficult circumstances at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday was enough to earn him the biggest prize and see him follow in the footsteps of fellow British champions Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Sir Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Lewis Hamilton.
Graham Hill and Clark have both won the championship twice, and Stewart three times, none of them have claimed back-to-back triumphs and fresh from his 2009 triumph Button turned his attention to a title defence.
“It’s great to win the world championship and every person that’s done it will tell you that but to be able to defend it is exceptional,” he explained.
Button has still yet to put pen to paper on a new deal to remain with Brawn for the 2010 season.
However, after Brawn chief executive Nick Fry’s confident assertions in the aftermath of the Brazilian race that the driver wanted to stay, Button indicated that he wished to remain loyal to the team that rose out of the ashes of Honda’s decision to pull out of F1 last December.
“I would like to stay with Brawn,” said Button. “The team might have changed names and it might have shrunk in size but I love the atmosphere of this team and the way that we all pull together in the difficult times - and we’ve been through a lot of difficult times in the past.”
Button, who was forced to take a pay cut of £5m down to £3m in order to race with Brawn, said it was always the intention to wait until the end of the team’s debut F1 season before discussing a new deal.
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“We’ve been waiting until now to discuss the future. It’s the perfect thing to do,” stated Button.
"It’s not about the money. I want to be with a team that can win. I have become world champion with a team that nobody ever thought would win the championship, especially in their first year but there are many things that we need to talk about.
“We’ve achieved so much together, we respect each other very much and it’s just that the talks haven’t taken place.”
It has been a rollercoaster year for Brawn, whose existence was only confirmed three weeks before the start of the season.
Team principle Ross Brawn spent the winter desperately seeking a buyer and engineered an 11th-hour management buy-out, aided by financial help from Honda and support from engine supplier Mercedes-Benz, to secure his outfit’s future.
In March of this year, Brawn were forced to axe 270 staff members in cost-cutting measures.