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Brawn have to be afraid, says Coulthard

Former driver David Coulthard believes that compatriot Jenson Button has some serious looking over his shoulder to do as the tension builds in the 2009 title attack. With just two Grands Prix to go in Brazil and Abu Dhabi, Scot Coulthard is confident that Sebastian Vettel can overhaul the Brawn drivers.

With Brawn having all but sealed the Constructors' Championship in their very first season, the Drivers' contest is a closer-fought scrap with Vettel now within 2 points of Rubens Barrichello and 16 points of leader Button.

"To my mind, Brawn have to be afraid," BBC pundit and Red Bull Racing Advisor Coulthard said. "Formula One is a crazy sport, anything can happen, with Vettel so powerful and Jenson scoring only one point (in Japan).

"I give both of the Red Bull drivers advice, if they need it, but they are both wise enough and great racers; Sebastian is only 22 but did a fantastic job - he won this race in such a superb way, then he sits in the press conference and talks about how funny it was to drive and how he wanted to keep going and not stop - he's humble and not arrogant at all."

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