Jenson Button: “More fun than usual”

Jenson Button pulled off one of the surprises of the first day on the Sakhir track in Bahrain. Third time in EL2 behind the Nico Rosberg duo – Lewis Hamilton, the 2009 World Champion did not hide his satisfaction.

“We were competitive and it's nice to have a car that handles well, and that we can really work with and make progress, Button says. It was just practice today, but it was more fun than usual. The fuel runs weren't bad either and overall it was a positive day. »

The former Honda driver recognizes, however, that the team Woking still needs to work on several parameters, especially long runs. “We were third today, and that’s positive. There are some areas where we need to improve. We had no problems today regarding reliability. »

The Briton believes that Q3 is now McLaren's target for qualifying this afternoon in Bahrain.