James Barnes
Sport News 24/7Jenson Button grateful for extra two weeks
By James Barnes, on 30th March 2011, 09:13 UTC
McLaren driver Jenson Button has admitted that the two week delay in starting this year's championship was crucial in allowing his team to develop their car.
Winter testing suggested the best McLaren could hope for would be to contend in the midfield, however, the Woking outfit finished in second and sixth places at Albert Park on Sunday.
"Over two weeks ago we thought we were probably on the pace of the Force India cars in testing, Button told The Daily Mail. But we qualified two seconds quicker than them. We have picked up so much pace, its unbelievable; looking at the performance of the car now and seeing where weve come from, it's massively impressive. I've never seen anything like it.
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