Jenson Button says Pirelli tyres have him puzzled in the season – Formula 1 news
Jenson Button says he is still puzzled by the tyre problems he has faced this season.
He said that despite the problems he has faced it has helped him learn how not to set up his car. During the race in Barcelona Button faced problems with the degradation of the tyres, whereas his teammate Lewis Hamilton ran his car smoothly and had no problems
with the rubber compounds.
He thought that when the conditions were hotter the car would not struggle as much. But in the last two races English driver has found it difficult to gather pace, the tyres have degraded much faster than before. It is something that Button has not had
a problem with before and needs to find a solution for as soon as possible so that he can do well in Monaco.
“I think some of it is to do with the setup I've had on the car. It felt okay to try that setup on Friday [in Spain], but on Saturday the car felt completely different. Understanding the change is difficult, but if you look at the car as a basic car, you
could look at it and say that's why I had the issues of not being able to look after the rear tyres. We know what not to do again and hopefully that will help with the consistency that we're used to having,” he added.
He also added that when different people win each race of the season catching up to the top of the table is not as hard. He said that he has only finished three races in points so far a first position, second and ninth and that makes him 16 points off the
lead which according to him is nothing.
The current situation in the season is such that no one driver is piling up the points, so far there have been 125 points up for grabs and the leader of the board has 61. It shows how competitive the season is and how much opportunity it drivers have to
get into the lead with one or two good races.
It will be interesting to see how Button fares as the season progresses.
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