Jenson Button thinks Lewis Hamilton is favourite to win this year's world championship as he is unconvinced Sebastian Vettel will be able to reel in the "massive" points gap. Hamilton has opened up a 34-point lead over Vettel after claiming three wins and a second place since the summer break, while the Ferrari driver crashed out in Singapore and was fourth in Malaysia. Button, the 2009 world champion, believes his former team-mate's luck has turned around this year after Hamilton was hit by several reliability issues as he lost out to Nico Rosberg by five points. "You'd have to say Lewis because the points gap is massive," Button told reporters in Japan. "I know...
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