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Jenson Button: “I don’t think you should get penalised for preventing an accident”

Jenson Button has joined the chorus of drivers criticising the current radio rules in Formula 1 after receiving a drive-through penalty during the Hungarian Grand Prix after his team gave him instructions how to prevent a brake issue from having again. The McLaren-Honda driver ultimately retired from the race with an oil leak, but felt the instructions given to him over the radio were safety related and not instructions on how to drive, and as such he should have not been penalised for it. “It wasn’t a great afternoon for me,” said Button. “We had a brake sensor problem early on, which meant the pedal went to the floor, and it’s never nice for a driver to get that feeling. “The...
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