Button celebrates in style
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Datum nieuwsfeit: 18-03-2012 |
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Button celebrates in style
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Button celebrates in styleJenson Button celebrated his 200th Grand Prix start with his 11th grand prix victory on the same track where he took his very first. In common with that win, his earlier win this season at the Canadian Grand Prix and his two wins for McLaren in 2010. I feel that I?m pretty good at making the right call. We had very good pace today and on the option tyre... Jenson Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes It came as a result of a calm head and smart tactics in changeable ? but generally bad ? weather conditions. The Englishman however, denied having a preternatural affinity with racing in the wet. ?You?re not always going to make the right call in these conditions, and I haven?t always made the right call in these conditions. But I feel that I?m pretty good at making the right call. We had very good pace today and on the option tyre, I was able to make the tyre last for a long time. I was really looking after them. Towards the end of each stint the pace was very good. The reason why we won today was because we were quick and that?s the reason. If it didn?t rain, it wouldn?t have made any difference at all.? A key moment in the race was when McLaren split strategies late in the day with rain falling. While Lewis Hamilton came in for intermediate tyres, Button opted to stay on slicks. While the team first called him in and then told him to stay out, Button revealed that he had no intention of pitting whatever the instructions. ?I was never really going to come in for inters. I didn?t think it was the right choice personally. We weren?t going slowly enough, to start with. We were struggling on the tyres, it was difficult keeping the car on the circuit but we weren?t that slow, it wasn?t inter pace really. And when you put the inters on, you?ve got to put the dries back on as well, so you?ve got to stop twice. For me, it wasn?t the right decision. The team made the right call earlier on, we put the prime tyre on at the [third] stop which was definitely the right call. We could have run to the end of the race on that, whereas Lewis was on the option tyre. I don?t know if he would have made it to the end, or he would have had to stop but for me the car was working very well and I personally didn?t think it was ready for inters.? As is usually the case, Button reveled in his victory and made no attempt to hide his joy at returning to the top step of the podium. ?It?s good having a couple of weeks break, as it might take me that long to get over tonight! All round, amazing weekend, and I want to say a big thank you to the whole team, the mechanics, the engineers, everyone within the team that has worked so hard to produce the car that we have now. We are going into the break on a nice high, but I think every day we are on holiday we are going to be thinking about Spa already and excited about coming back and hopefully doing the same again.? 
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