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Jenson Button says he is determined to continue to fight for this year's title despite his huge gap to Sebastian Vettel in the standings.

Jenson Button scored his second win of the season in last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, but Red Bull riva Sebastian Vettel finished in second and increased his lead in the championship.

The Jenson Button conceded it will be a challenge to catch Sebastian Vettel , but he insists he is not giving up.

McLaren are launching an all-out attack with three cars and ten drivers. But it's not a mouth-watering Formula One project, rather an explosive assault with the company's new MP4-12C GT cars.

They are sending three of the sensational machines to this weekend's classic 24-hour race at Belgium's challenging Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

And the strong driver line-up reflects how seriously they are taking the event.

Jenson Button last night backed his team as he told them to forget their British Grand Prix nightmare. The Frome flier saw the wheels come off his 12th attempt to get on the podium at his home race.

Button's hopes were wrecked when he was sent away from the pits with a wheel nut missing, forcing him to park up. The latest in a series of blunders has put huge pressure on McLaren team chief Martin Whitmarsh.

But Button, 95 points behind leader and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, insisted: "This doesn't shake my confidence in the team. Not really. We all have bad weekends, Red Bull have had them, too. This was a poor weekend for the team but, hopefully, we will be back on track in Germany.

Fernando Alonso took Ferrari's first win of 2011 with a stunning drive at a thrilling British Grand Prix.

The Spaniard took the lead following a pit-stop problem for Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel but the Ferrari had genuine race-winning pace.

Vettel was left to fend off team-mate Mark Webber, who was told to hold position by team boss Christian Horner.

Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, holding off Ferrari's Felipe Massa in an exciting last-lap duel.

Silverstone bosses hope to sign off plans for a major redevelopment plan of the home of the British Grand Prix on Friday, as they continue a push to find investors.

With the second phase of Silverstone's redevelopment - focused around the new £28 million 'wing' pits and paddock complex - now complete, attention is shifting to a wider update that will include hotels, a new kart track, music arenas, car showrooms and experience centres.

The board of Silverstone Circuit hopes to approve the scheme at a meeting ahead of the British Grand Prix, before it is then sent to the local authorities over the next few weeks for approval. It is hoped that the plans can then be signed off fully later this year.

Before the plans can progress, however, Silverstone's owner, the British Racing Drivers' Club, needs to find investors to fund the project.

Silverstone's managing director Richard Phillips said: "It won't happen overnight and it will require funding.

Sebastien Vettel claimed a 22nd pole position in his short F1 career after topping the charts in qualifying for the European GP in Valencia.

The Red Bull driver was the only man to dip under one minute 37 seconds for the street race with team-mate Mark Webber qualifying second-fastest late in the session.

Lewis Hamilton will share the second row with the Ferraro of Fernando Alonso while Alonso's team-mate Felipe Massa edged out the second McLaren of Jenson Button on the third row.

The Mercedes pair of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher came next ahead of Nick Heidfeld's Renault and the Force India of Adrian Sutil.

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Mark Webber nearly lost his battle with the elements at Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix when his car started changing gear on its own.

The Red Bull ace was attempting to cope with the torrential rain that swamped the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve when water invaded his cockpit area.

Webber knew he was in for a rough ride when his F1 ride started making its own decisions.

He said: "The car was downshifting itself.”

"There was water that had got into the steering wheel so that had to be changed at one of the pits stops."