Button warns next two races crucial for Formula One future
Formula One champion Jenson Button has warned that the next two races will be deciding whether the sport should hold fire before making any changes following the boring Bahrain Grand Prix opener.
|Last Updated: Mar 24, 2010, 03:13 PM IST|Source: Bureau
London: Formula One champion Jenson Button has warned that the next two races will be deciding whether the sport should hold fire before making any changes following the boring Bahrain Grand Prix opener.
Button said Formula One chiefs should get advice from drivers before changing regulations.
“Drivers have a good understanding of what the car is doing and possibilities for improving the car. This season we’ve taken away a lot of grip with going to a narrow front tyre,” The Sun quoted Button, as saying.
“When you come up behind someone, you don’t have the grip you had last year to follow and overtake. But you can’t just think of one area. We need to see what happens this weekend in Australia and then Malaysia,” he said.
“Let’s not get carried away. If the next two races are also not very exciting, then we as F1 need to look at the options. That’s not pointing a finger at anyone. We all need to have ideas and, hopefully, we are listened to and can improve the sport.
“Last year, the racing was some of the best we’ve seen and there was quite a bit of overtaking. But if it becomes too easy to overtake, the moves are not exciting,” Button added.
Button is certain that Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit will make Sunday’s race more exciting than Bahrain.
The McLaren star finished seventh after being stuck behind Mercedes rival Michael Schumacher for long periods.
“I hope it is more exciting. Bahrain felt boring to me but I was stuck behind a car the whole race. Tyres will work differently here, so it could be more fun.”
Button is sure that he and his teammate Lewis Hamilton will be closer to Ferrari and Red Bull this time around.
ANI
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