Jenson Button attributes his victory at 2012 Australian Grand Prix to strong winter – Formula 1 news
McLaren driver Jenson Button says that this year’s strong pre-season tests in winter became the key reason for the victory at 2012 Australian Grand Prix held at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday.
After the struggling 2011 pre-season, McLaren still managed to secure the second place at Australian GP with the relentless efforts of the British driver, Lewis Hamilton following the defending champion, Sebastian Vettel.
However, McLaren had a more reliable pre-season this year with Hamilton securing the pole while his teammate, Button winning the podium fight at the first race of the season which had given the team a great start.
Button said that his success at the season opener was an evidence of the dependable pre-season which proved out to be a great sense of inspiration for the team to keep stepping up to make the necessary improvements and the substantial preparations.
“I think as we all know sat here every win means a lot to you,” Button said. “For us as a team it really shows how important the winter is. We've had a strong winter; yesterday's qualifying really showed that so it's nice to come away with a victory today.
First race of the new season, the guys back at Woking have done an amazing job this winter and this will definitely help them to push harder in the extra hours in the morning when they're making that extra little part.”
Besides, Button seemed afraid that he might lose his victory during ending stages of the race at the safety car period.
Moreover, he said that he was able to maintain the heat in the tyres while saving the fuel, which he thought, was very important for them in attaining a good take-up.
He also said that he was told by the team to try as hard as possible for two laps after the restart in order to get a gap, in which he was successful and then just controlled the speed of the car until the end. Later, he said that he felt extremely pleased
with his performance and called it an amazing day.
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