Button: “Turn the tide”

Jenson Button did not see the end of the first lap of the British Grand Prix, collateral victim of the stampede in the first sector, by being harpooned by his teammate Fernando Alonso. The Briton, always very supported on his land, however took the time to take stock with AUTOhebdo after the complicated start to the season McLaren ? Honda.

“I didn’t know what to expect and, to be honest, I didn’t imagine anything. The perception we can have from the outside is very different from the one we experience internally.. We have a problem, and we try to solve it, and then we move on to the next one. We are more in action than in reflection. » comments the 2009 World Champion.

Still, McLaren is struggling to rise to a level consistent with its standing. The meager point brought back from Silverstone by Fernando Alonso was another reward, but Woking's men are aiming higher. “I'm here, head in the handlebars, trying to climb this pass, Button continued. There is no point in speculating. You have to live in the moment, and try to reverse the course of things as quickly as possible … ”

Find the full interview with Jenson Button, in the 2019 issue of AUTOhebdo, available in digital version and on newsstands.