Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Button: McLaren’s ride quality is poor
Jenson Button says that he is unhappy with McLaren ride, last Grand Prix at Canada McLaren failed to finish in the points for the first time in 64 races.
Both qualifying and race is too terrible for McLaren and he added that this year McLaren machine was terrible for the drivers and clearly admitted he was uncertain if they can even win a race this season.
Currently the 2009 world champion twelfth in the drivers’ championship.
“I have never been so pleased to get out of a car. The car is very different to the last three years. The geometry is new for us but our ride quality is poor. Button said
”In previous years, a McLaren has always looked stiff on the bumps but this years it is different and given how bumpy it was, it was terrible for us. The pace isn’t there and we got lapped easily. There are no positives from last weekend.
“I don’t know if we’re going to win a race this year. All we can do is keep trying to improve it. The new parts we put on didn’t work in Canada but hopefully it will work around Silverstone.”
“In Canada, we came away scoring more points than the team we want to beat — and that is McLaren. The Brit added.
”At Silverstone we need three consecutive days of building on our performance. If we do that, we can have another good day.
”The car is the best it has been in this team. We can improve on it and we will push for the grands prix coming up.”