Button: Big boys may be 'playing games'

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Championship leader Button finished Friday's practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix with the fourth quickest time, despite conceding to a balance issue with his Brawn GP car.

Ferrari, McLaren and BMW Sauber all continued to struggle but Button said: "Ferrari were quite good in the morning. Teams might be playing games, a lot of people do on Fridays. We've done it before. We will wait and see."

He added: "If you look at the consistency of the cars, you would say the Toyotas and the Red Bulls are competitive - the others I haven't really paid that much attention to."

After winning three of the opening four races to open up a 12-point cushion over team-mate Rubens Barrichello, Button is refusing to let his focus waver, despite natural exuberance at his position.

"I'm enjoying leading the way - although not being the centre of attention," smiled the Briton.

"It's obvious I've been quite happy with the way the first four races have gone, winning three out of four, winning every single dry race has been pretty exceptional and very enjoyable.

"But you have to look to the next race - that's the way it is - because they come and go very quickly.

"Every race I go to I'm thinking about how well I can do over that weekend. I'm not even really thinking about Sunday. It's just lap by lap, gaining as much information as we can throughout the day and not thinking too far ahead.

"We also know there is a long way to go this year. Brazil and Abu Dhabi are a long way away, and we have to do well in all the races."