Button calls the next two races as his last hope
Jenson Button, the title winner of last year, fears that Red Bull had gone far beyond McLaren in pace thus fading his hopes of bagging back-to-back titles.
As per the current charts’ situation, though the fight does not seem very tough as Button stands only 14 points shy of current Championship leader, Mark Webber, however he is well aware of the fact that McLaren is just striving hard to catch up with Red Bull owing to the great pace they had shown on the track since the start of the season.
The last round of the season held in Hungary, just four weeks ago, clearly declared McLaren to be far slower than their rivals as the team kept struggling to match their pace but all in vein.
The next two Grands Prix will be the decisive races for McLaren's wish to get the Constructors’ Championship as well as for its driver Button to repeat the victory of last year while his team-mate Lewis Hamilton is also eager to grab his second World Championship this season. The upcoming race is to be held at Spa, one of the most tricky as well as exciting circuits of the calendar, this weekend while the Italian Grand Prix is scheduled later on September 12.
The team has the last hopes of glory from the next two tracks which are both low down force circuits and McLaren’s car will have a performance advantage there, while it is not expected to suit the Red Bull’s RB6.
Button declared before he left for Belgium that Red Bull have stolen their positivity massively, “especially when they have that much in hand around a circuit like Hungary.”
He feared that this time of the season is very tricky as all of the teams are so reliable and ready to give in their best for every single point.
"You're losing a lot of points if you don't have the parts."
By parts Button means the front wing and floor that is being used by Red Bull currently which gives them the unbeatable pace that the McLaren is trying hard to catch. Though there is a lot of controversy regarding their front wing which flexes so much increasing the down force as well as the speed that they have actually been accused for breaching the regulations of FIA.
Recently FIA has declared to carry their tests for the upcoming race concerning their front wing yet the team does not seem much concerned about that.
FIA has also announced to carry more tests before the teams head for the Italian Grand Prix, to have the floor as well as the front wing checked additionally.
While proclaiming about the advantage of Red Bull, Button stated, "Webber said in an interview a couple of weeks back that if you have a very special device on the car, people should have to try and build their own.”
On the other hand Christian Horner, the Red Bull team principal has suggested that the other teams are simply jealous and therefore keep registering complains which provoke FIA to carry unnecessary tests time and again.
Red Bull had been under investigation so many times all through the year regarding their ride-height systems, suspension as well as their blown diffusers.
Horner continued saying that now it is the front wing and floors that bothers the other teams. However, he was proud to add, “So our guys take it as a compliment that so much of the car has attracted so much attention.”
Well, only one more day to go and we will see if McLaren is able to chase the charts’ leaders or the fading hopes will further diminish.
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