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F1: Button Frustrated To Get Stuck In 11th
Jenson Button just missed Q3 in Korean GP qualifying...
Jenson Button was frustrated not to make it out of Q2 in Korea, but the McLaren man will at least have a free choice of tires from his 11th starting spot.
Button made a mistake on his first run and then came across yellows on his second, and thus wasn’t able to improve.
“On the option tire the balance wasn’t as good as the prime,” said Button. “The prime was working really well, and obviously the pace was really good yesterday on the long run on high fuel. It’s a bit frustrating because it was so good yesterday. But we’ve still got that pace, and from 11th you still have a lot of options, because you still have new tires, both compounds.
“I made a little mistake – or quite a big one – at the start of Q2 in the last sector, and then the last sector on the last lap was yellow, so I wasn’t able to go quicker. Disappointing, but I’m still looking forward to an exciting race.”
Button is confident that McLaren has a good package for Sunday.
“The long run on Friday was great; I was very happy with it,” he said. “We didn’t really know what to expect on that tire. Obviously the supersoft on a circuit that’s very demanding, there’s normally very high degradation, but we were able to look after the tire very well, and be consistent with the lap times, but it’s very tricky because it’s not just the rear tires; it’s front and rears that you are struggling with in terms of wear and degradation.
“It depends on what balance you have on the car. We found a good balance yesterday, and I hope we can carry that through to tomorrow.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
Button made a mistake on his first run and then came across yellows on his second, and thus wasn’t able to improve.
“On the option tire the balance wasn’t as good as the prime,” said Button. “The prime was working really well, and obviously the pace was really good yesterday on the long run on high fuel. It’s a bit frustrating because it was so good yesterday. But we’ve still got that pace, and from 11th you still have a lot of options, because you still have new tires, both compounds.
“I made a little mistake – or quite a big one – at the start of Q2 in the last sector, and then the last sector on the last lap was yellow, so I wasn’t able to go quicker. Disappointing, but I’m still looking forward to an exciting race.”
Button is confident that McLaren has a good package for Sunday.
“The long run on Friday was great; I was very happy with it,” he said. “We didn’t really know what to expect on that tire. Obviously the supersoft on a circuit that’s very demanding, there’s normally very high degradation, but we were able to look after the tire very well, and be consistent with the lap times, but it’s very tricky because it’s not just the rear tires; it’s front and rears that you are struggling with in terms of wear and degradation.
“It depends on what balance you have on the car. We found a good balance yesterday, and I hope we can carry that through to tomorrow.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
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