McLaren aims to win all four remaining races in a bid to get the best start to 2012, say Jenson Button and team principal Martin Whitmarsh.
Button, who won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, despite starting behind Sebastian Vettel, is confident of winning or at least fighting for victory in Korea, India, Abu Dhabi and Brazil.
“Our aim is to fight for victory in all four races left and I think we will be able to,” he said in Japan.
With the regulations remaining almost constant in 2012, apart from a change to the exhaust layout and nose height, Button believes ending the season with the fastest car will enable the team to start 2012 as the fastest team, unlike this season when they struggled during pre-season testing.
“If we can do that, it is a fantastic base for next year,” he added. “We’ve got to hit the ground running in 2012 and this is the best way to do it, I think, ending on a high. Red Bull have done it the last couple of years. We need to do the same thing.”
Whitmarsh shares Button’s view, and says winning the final four races would be a respectable end to the year and would see McLaren match Red Bull on race victories.
“For us, it is now about winning races and we will concentrate on that. We like winning races and this is our fifth victory this year. If we win the next four then we will consider it a half respectable season.”
