News Details

Pit stop gamble cost us points finish - Button

Getty Images Enlarge Jenson Button believes a slice of misfortune during his second pit stop ultimately cost him the chance of marking the improvements made by McLaren with a points finish. Button finished 4.4s down on Nico Hulkenberg, who took 10th place, after attempting to undercut the Force India pair by following Sergio Perez into the pits at the end of his middle stint, in anticipation of the German's stop a lap later. Button had to wait to be released from his pit box and then found himself stuck behind the unusual sight of a slow lapping Lewis Hamilton, who was on old tyres, and he feels that was ultimately the decisive factor in finishing out of the points for the third straight...
Full Story »
10y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

McLaren happy to see qualifying improvements

After a very disappointing result in China, McLaren came to Spain this...
10y ago from F1Technical.net

These points feed our hunger for more - Bottas

Williams' Valtteri Bottas finished fifth and Felipe Massa 13th in the...
10y ago from F1Technical.net

Teams insist cost cap is not dead

Sahara Force India Several Formula 1 team principals have insisted that...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Button: McLaren further off than 2013

Jenson Button admits McLaren is further away from being able to win races...
10y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Robert Shwartzman announced for PREMA’s second...

PREMA has announced that Robert Shwartzman will pilot one of the two cars...

Enzo Fittipaldi to run IndyCar test with McLaren later...

Arrow McLaren has announced that it will place Enzo Fittipaldi in one of...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC set to drop hybrid power in 2025

No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com

A Farewell Message from The Checkered Flag

After 15 years of motorsport coverage, TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk announces...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Big concerns at Arsenal as £65m star leaves UCL clash...

Arsenal may have another injury concern ahead of their Premier League...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Merino subbed off due to punch to head | Arteta: 'It...

Mikel Arteta confirmed that Mikel Merino was taken off at half time...
5h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.