McLaren trying hard to understand the difference in their drivers’ performance – Formula 1 news
McLaren's operations director Simon Roberts has said that they are trying very hard to understand the difference in the performance of their Jenson Button as compared to his teammate, Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton is currently leading the drivers’ championship with 88 points and has been one of the most consistent drivers in the season so far.
Contrarily, Button has been facing difficulties with his car’s setup and the tyre management and has only been able to score 2 points in the last four races. Moreover, he has not been able to make his way into the final session of the qualifying in the last
three grands prix.
Nonetheless, Roberts said that they are making their best efforts to resolve the issues of Button and are hoping to see improvement in his performance in the European GP which is to be held at Valencia Street Circuit on June 24.
“This isn't big stuff like fundamentally running a different aero balance or anything like that, this is absolutely down buried in detail and I think you've seen already this year how teams can get right in sweet spot of the tyres or miss it. I don't think
we were far off, there was nothing fundamentally wrong with his set-up but on day it clearly delivered different level of performance. So we think we're step nearer to understanding it all, but whether we've got it cracked yet only time will tell. Definitely
painful but interesting learning exercise for us,” he said.
Presently, the British driver is standing at 8th position in the drivers’ rankings with 45 points. Besides, he is ahead of Sergio Perez of Sauber and behind Romain Grosjean of Lotus.
Furthermore, it will be important to mention that he delivered an inspiring performance in the first race held at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia and became the first race winner of the season after starting from second grid position.
However, he could not score even a single point in the second race at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and came 14th even after setting off from second place in the grid.
Nevertheless, he made a strong come back in the third race at Shanghai International Circuit and secured an impressive second podium finish after qualifying for fifth grid position.
Despite the ongoing difficulties, the 2009 world champion has asserted that he is confidently looking forward to perform well in the approaching season so as to make his position stronger in this year’s championship fight.
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