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Button: Baku a step backwards in safety

Jenson Button has revealed he has some concerns about the new Baku circuit, a street circuit with a distinct lack of run-off areas. Formula 1 arrived at the Azerbaijan track earlier this week and, although the majority of the field got a feel for the circuit in their team's simulators, Thursday it was track walk time. It raised some concerns with Button with the McLaren driver worried about the lack of run-off areas while there is also a concrete barrier at the edge of the circuit. 'It is like we have gone backwards in certain areas, I don't know why,' he said. 'Maybe the circuit was supposed to be the other way around. 'It is a shame because a lot of the circuit is good. You look at the...
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