News Details

Button remaining positive in Japan but hoping for rain

Jenson Button, despite finishing thirteenth and sixteenth in Friday’s Japanese Grand Prix practices, seemed much more optimistic about the performance of the car in comparison with his team-mate, Fernando Alonso. “On single-lap pace, the car doesn’t actually look too bad – I just didn’t get a great lap this afternoon,” admitted the Brit. “But if we can get a good lap together – which we’ll hopefully do tomorrow – we may be able to get into the top 10,” something that is highly plausible given Alonso’s respectable eighth and ninth positions in FP1 and FP2. Button is slightly more realistic about the long run pace of the McLaren Honda, commenting that, “our long-run...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Japanese GP: Practice notes - Red Bull

Max Verstappen: 'I think this has been one of the strongest Fridays so...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Pirelli preview the Japanese Grand Prix

Coming straight off the back of the Malaysian Grand Prix, the Japanese...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Pérez encouraged by Force India pace

– Sergio Pérez was lifted by Force India's practice pace at the...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Räikkönen unhappy despite Friday pace

– Kimi Räikkönen complained of having to "fight the...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez expects ‘even faster’ times from 2027...

Marc Marquez has cast doubt over claims that the new 850cc MotoGP engines...
32m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC Rally Scotland brings top tier rallying back to...

The 2027 WRC calendar should have an exciting new event on the calendar:...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Paul Merson predicts winner of Arsenal vs Manchester...

The Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley is...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal and the League Cup- a complex history

Maybe I shouldn’t be typing these words ahead of Sunday but Arsenal and...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Champions League review: more trauma for the Premier...

y two of the Premier League’s last-16 teams made it to the...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Agent confirms Arsenal interest in attacker with 70...

Pio Esposito’s agent has confirmed that Arsenal are interested in...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.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.