(McLaren Honda)
McLaren Honda’s Jenson Button believes that the Woking based
outfit will be in a position to challenge for top ten finishes from the start
of the European season.
Formula One’s European leg of the season starts in five weeks’
time at the Barcelona Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo. The team have had a
difficult start to their partnership with Honda having made the switch from
Mercedes power over the winter.
The 2009 world champion reckons that the team won’t be
challenging for points at the next race in China but if they can make a step
forward in the next two weeks they could challenge the top ten at the Bahrain
Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit which takes place just a week after the
Chinese Grand Prix.
However Button has conceded that the team are more likely to
challenge for points when Formula One heads to Europe next month and Button
believes that if they can do this it would be a massive step forward.
Button said that he was happy with the progress the team had
made between the Australian and Malaysian Grand Prix.
McLaren Honda Racing Director Eric Boullier has also said
that the team have made great progress since winter testing began. The Frenchman
stated that the team still need to make another step when it comes to the
reliability of the power unit.
He also said that the rate of progress at the team has been
extremely reassuring to him and the management at the Woking based outfit.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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