Jenson Button thinks Lotus have strong chance of winning in the season ahead – Formula 1 news
McLaren driver Jenson Button has said that Lotus have not shown their true potential in the 2012 Formula 1 season so far and they have surely got a big chance to win races after the mid-season break.
The Enstone based team is presently standing at third place in the constructors’ championship with 192 points. Moreover, they are 3 points ahead of Ferrari and are just one point behind their main rival McLaren.
Although, they have performed tremendously well in the season so far, conversely, they have not been able to score a grand prix win.
Furthermore, they have been considered as one of the most competent contenders in this year’s championship fight with their amazingly talented pair of drivers, Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.
Button, who performed remarkably in the last two races after struggling with his race pace in the previous few races, said that he is very much excited about the forthcoming races in which he is aiming to score reasonable points so as to secure a competitive
place in the drivers’ standings.
“It has been a pretty amazing season in terms of race winners and teams mixing it at the front. I think the fans really like that the smaller teams are mixing it with the bigger teams,” said the British driver.
In addition, he said that Lotus has been very impressive until now and asserted that they have got more potential which they will show in the approaching races after the ongoing summer smash.
“Lotus have been strong and I don't think we have seen the best of them yet - they have a really good chance of winning races in the upcoming few races,” the 2009 world champion added.
It will be important to mention that the British team has been facing some difficulties in the qualifying due to which they have remained unable to take a competitive start in the races. Nonetheless, their team principal, Eric Boullier has insisted that
they are trying to resolve the qualifying issues and are hoping to achieve even better results in the upcoming races after the August break.
Let’s see whether they will be able to claim victory in the season ahead or not.
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