Jenson Button: “Progress will wait for Europe”

We should not expect better from McLaren in Bahrain. In any case, this is what Jenson Button declared during an interview with Sky Sports F1. “The last race was actually good for us », explains the Briton. “We really got the full potential out of the car. In terms of strategy we did a good job and I think the team should be proud of it. » However, only a week separates the Chinese Grand Prix from this weekend's event on the Sakhir circuit.

Not enough to bring significant developments, according to the 2009 world champion: “Not a lot has changed before we got here, but it's a very, very different circuit in terms of the layout and the way the tires work; we were limited to the front during the last race, and here it will be at the rear. We will see what we can do. I have the feeling that we can achieve the same kind of results as in China if we are lucky and everything goes well, but progress will have to wait until we return to Europe?. The Woking team is indeed expected at the Spanish Grand Prix, from May 10 to 12, with a extensively revised McLaren MP4-28 version “B”. “There is a lot of pressure on the whole team”, confesses Jenson Button. “But they work tirelessly and I know that because they want to get back to the top. They?re a passionate team and they love to win, they?re used to winning and a fifth is not what they?re chasing?.