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Button slams brakes on McLaren optimism

Jenson Button finished an encouraging seventh for McLaren-Honda in Friday’s free practice for the Spanish Grand Prix but warned the team needs to work harder than ever to make up lost ground. After four races without scoring a point, McLaren are enduring their worst start to a season. Button, the 2009 champion, was 1.6 seconds off the pace set by front-running double champion, fellow-Briton and former teammate Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. After testing a raft of upgraded parts for his car, Button said the team needed to improve “in every area” of both chassis and engine if it was to compete for a place in the top ten. “Yes, it is the closest we have been all year," said...
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