Nigel Mansell: Button will win and win


By Phil Huff
April 30 2006

Nigel Mansell has again backed Jenson Button's bid to secure that elusive first win, with the 1992 world champion confident it will happen this year. "I've no doubt Jenson will get the monkey off his back this year," Mansell told BBC Sport. "By the end of the year he'll have won at least one race and hopefully a number of them."

Speaking in Qatar, where he has just won the first of this seasons GP Masters races, Mansell said "Do I think he could get the right package and have the right opportunity to be world champion, then yes. I hope he does it - it's about time we had another world champion in England.

"I think a win should only be just around the corner - I hope sincerely for the fans that'll be the case," he continued. "But he's like a number of F1 drivers - on his day and in certain parts of any race he's fantastic. He just needs to give it 100% all of the time."

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