Button “sacrificed” for Horner

Christian Horner on the strategy employed by McLaren on Jenson Button's car during the Suzuka GP. The director of Red Bull wondered if this strategy was not used to embarrass Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. " We were a bit surprised by Jenson Button?s strategy for the race, as we knew he was going to come out behind us and then he dropped back until Hamilton », commented the director of Le Taureau Rouge at Daily Telegraph. " It was like being sandwiched by McLaren,” continued Christian Horner. “But it appears that Hamilton then experienced a problem that derailed Jenson's strategy (Buttons). It's as if he had been sacrificed. I don't know, does that seem a bit strange to me? »

Martin Whitmarsh, director of McLaren, did not fail to respond to these comments. “ This is not the way we play. Maybe that's the case for some, but that's not how we view motorsport. »