"The way I see it from the perspective of a rider: Who's there to do something extraordinary? (Sebastian) Vettel and (Fernando) Alonso did something extraordinary to get where they are."Formula One world champion in 1996, Damon Hill, Jenson Button admitted that riders would be surprising in this 2012 season. Hill issued a statement following a scintillating performance of the McLaren driver at the end of the 2011 season.
Last year, Button finishing in second place rider in the final standings, behind Red Bull Racing, Sebastian Vettel. The position could be achieved after he became the best in the rest of the series towards the end of the season, in which the 2009 world champion won three victories and 270 points total harvest, and the right to finish in the top of his teammate, Lewis Hamilton.
"I think Button has always been a dark horse," said Hill told Crash.net in a press conference on Sky Sports F1. "He did not make a big stage. He was standing on it. With tires like this, it seems good to him. He's a smart rider, and the better.
"At the end of last year, I think he is very strong and every time you have to start betting on the Button.
"There are many very talented rider (in F1), and I (also) interested in seeing the fight between the other rider's teammate, said (Nico) Hulkenberg and (Paul) in Resta.
"The teams have some nice and very talented pair. It will be interesting to watch, and if there are other riders who can do enough to beat the six riders in the top. You have to do something amazing to get into the circle it. But it is always a game.
