Jenson Button believes he lost out due to traffic but admits that the team made the right calls in terms of strategy to finish across the line in ninth position.
The Briton however, said that his car was ‘undriveable’ during the opening laps of the race as he was unable to get heat into the rear tyres, which made him lock the rears whenever he braked.
“My car felt almost undriveable during the wet opening laps – we were struggling to get heat into the rear tyres, and were locking the rear wheels whenever we hit the brakes, which was a bit scary.
Button believes he pitted for intermediates at the right time, but after the pitstop, he unfortunately got stuck behind Manor’s Pascal Wehrlein which he admits he couldn’t overtake.
“I boxed for Inters at probably the right time – that first-call was the trickier one. I feel I’m pretty good at making those tyre calls, but, on such a short lap, and when everybody else follows suit, it didn’t make too much difference. Then I got stuck behind Pascal’s [Wehrlein] Manor, which I couldn’t overtake.
Button thinks the strategy calls by the team were the right ones, but admits that the attendant traffic throughout the Grand Prix hindered his chances of moving up the grid further.
“I think we made the right calls in terms of strategy, but lost out a little with the attendant traffic – which I couldn’t help – but the team made some good calls nonetheless.
Button also believes that if the race was dry, then he wouldn’t have scored as many points as he did today, adding that it was good to get a “decent haul” today.
“We wouldn’t have scored this many points if it’d been dry, so it’s good to get a decent haul today.”
