Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBEis a British Formula One driver from England currently driving for McLaren. He is the 2009 Formula One World Champion, driving for Brawn GP...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth19 January 1980
CityFrome, England
behind car forward front lost obviously past result safety sat thoughts three turning
Today's result was obviously a disappointing way to end the season. We lost out under the first safety car when we pitted and the safety car was in front of us. It should have waved us past but it didn't. Montoya and I sat behind it and it was then that I lost about three places. But my thoughts are already turning to 2006 and I think we have a lot to look forward to.
bit front good helps hopefully near nice places reasonably strategy ten
With Kimi ten places back it helps us a little bit but even so I think he can still come through from 11th on the grid. It's just nice to be near to the front and hopefully if we have a reasonably good strategy we can keep it there.
bits definitely dr fantastic front good guy man needed nick pieces team
DR was definitely the front man but we needed a guy that was there 24-7 for the team and not doing other bits and pieces as well. Nick is doing a fantastic job, for me everyone is a lot closer. There is definitely a good spirit.
certainly fantastic forward front good grid hard job less looking looks overnight positive race row struggling team thank tomorrow tough wait work yesterday
The team has done a fantastic job to get us on the front row of the grid and I have to thank them for that. Things were looking a lot less positive yesterday when we were really struggling to find a good set-up. A lot of hard work was done overnight and tomorrow looks promising, but let's wait and see. This is always a tough race but I'm certainly looking forward to it.
car equally fast front hard next races several team work
Alonso has a very fast car at the moment. His car is still in front of mine, so me and my team need to work hard in the next several races before we can be equally competitive with Renault.
case definitely driver f1 guy love next
I love the role of being the experienced driver and that is definitely the case next year - I think I am the most experienced guy in F1 next year.
acid car corners fit hit lap legs pulling
You're pulling 4-5G for a lot of the corners around the lap. We build up lactic acid because there are a lot of vibrations in the car, and you have to have strong legs to hit the brake pedal. We need to be fit to do every lap at 100%.
crash flesh hit monaco pulled quite sensation
That Monaco crash was quite a big one - I pulled 33g when I hit the wall, which is a lot. It's a weird sensation - like all my skin and flesh was being pulled off my bones.
buttons car developing fit hope next obviously positions season small sort sure wheel
We go through the whole season working on next season's car and developing the car and making sure we fit in the car and all that sort of stuff. And we obviously give ideas of what we would hope next year's car would have even if it's small things like buttons on the steering wheel and different positions and whatever.
bit car conditions couple expected forward hotter races seems shows steps strange struggling style suit taken time winter works
I think that the way this car works doesn't suit his style and he's taken a little bit of time to get used to it, but the strange thing is that over the winter he was very competitive. It seems that when the conditions are hotter he is struggling a bit more with the car - and that shows that the car is not where we wanted it to be or where we expected it to be for these first two races of the season. It shows we need to make steps forward in a couple of places...
raining stop
It is disappointing but we can't stop it raining here,
difficult shaking stay tricky
I'm still shaking with the excitement. It was really difficult to stay calm. It's just so tricky out there with the conditions. It was very very windy.
difficult hectic lap mad shaking time trying
I'm still shaking with the excitement. It was a very hectic session, it was mad for us. Trying to get a lap time in was very difficult but we managed it.
account completed focusing lack laps mainly running taking testing time tire work
Testing went really well this week, particularly taking into account the lack of running time in the mornings. I completed a lot of laps as we are focusing mainly on tire testing and reliability work at the moment.