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F1: We Made Wrong Strategy Call, Says Button
Jenson Button qualified just 10th in Canada...
Jenson Button took P1 in Belgian GP qualifying. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Jenson Button says he made a mistake in not sitting out Q3 in Montreal, instead putting unnecessary miles on the tires he’ll start the race with.
Having run out of supersofts, Button decided to commit to soft tires for the start of the race. However, he could not better 10th place on them, and thus would have been better off if he had sat in the garage, allowing him to start on a new set Sunday.
“We wanted to start the race on the prime tire, and looking at it now, we shouldn’t have bothered running it,” said Button. “It was going to be tricky to beat anyone on the prime tire, and we had no new options left. We were going to be P10 on an [old] option tire, so we thought we’d give it a go on a prime, and start the race on a prime.
“Maybe we shouldn’t have put five laps on it. But you get in the car and you want to go out and see what you can do with the tire, and that’s exactly what we did.”
Button is still hopeful that conditions will work in his favor in the race.
“I think today wasn’t great,” the McLaren driver said. “Maybe, as I said, we shouldn’t have put laps on the prime tire, because now we have five laps on the tire starting the race, and the guys behind me have brand new tires. It’s not the best way to start tomorrow, but it’s going to be a hot race, and I think it’s probably going to be the hottest race we’ve had this year. It will hopefully throw up a few surprises for everyone, and we can still have a good afternoon.”
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.
Having run out of supersofts, Button decided to commit to soft tires for the start of the race. However, he could not better 10th place on them, and thus would have been better off if he had sat in the garage, allowing him to start on a new set Sunday.
“We wanted to start the race on the prime tire, and looking at it now, we shouldn’t have bothered running it,” said Button. “It was going to be tricky to beat anyone on the prime tire, and we had no new options left. We were going to be P10 on an [old] option tire, so we thought we’d give it a go on a prime, and start the race on a prime.
“Maybe we shouldn’t have put five laps on it. But you get in the car and you want to go out and see what you can do with the tire, and that’s exactly what we did.”
Button is still hopeful that conditions will work in his favor in the race.
“I think today wasn’t great,” the McLaren driver said. “Maybe, as I said, we shouldn’t have put laps on the prime tire, because now we have five laps on the tire starting the race, and the guys behind me have brand new tires. It’s not the best way to start tomorrow, but it’s going to be a hot race, and I think it’s probably going to be the hottest race we’ve had this year. It will hopefully throw up a few surprises for everyone, and we can still have a good afternoon.”
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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