Button: tires are the key

Nice start from Jenson Button who sets the 5th fastest time of the day. If the Briton seemed satisfied, he did not declare victory. “We are fast but we still have small problems to solve. The pace is good during the long stints on the hard tires, but we have a little trouble with the softs. On a tour, it is difficult to get them up to temperature. This is an area we will work on tomorrow morning because, here, tires are the key! »

If Ross Brawn's men were to manage to get the tires working for one lap in the final session tomorrow morning, the two GP001s could not be far from pole tomorrow.