What A Waste of Space

[davewilson]

Jenson Button was again left to reflect on his latest brush with misery to guarantee another point-less grand prix weekend.

Button was forced to settle for 12th at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.

But it could have been so much more if he had not collided with Honda team-mate Rubens Barrichello on lap 22 of the 65-lap race.

"We had a good strategy and had been working towards the race all weekend, so I think we were on target for a better day," assessed Button

"Unfortunately, as I exited the pit lane after my first stop I hit the kerb on the apex and that threw me off line.

"I lost my front wing as I touched the right rear of Rubens' car and I had to come back in for a nose change, and that was that in terms of fighting for a point."

The incident relegated Button to the back of the field, although he still managed to push on and equal his best result of the year.

Searching for positives, he added: "In the last stint I thought our pace was very similar to that of (Heikki) Kovalainen and (Nico) Rosberg which is what helped me to climb back up to 12th.

"Overall, I think we have had a slightly better weekend, but there is a lot of work ahead of us.

"We have to keep pushing in the test next week, and at the next race in Monaco, and hopefully that will pay dividends for a better step forward in Montreal."

Barrichello went on to claim the team's first top-10 finish of the season with 10th, yet was still left to lament problem areas with the car.

"It was a better race in terms of our overall performance and the handling of the car," said Barrichello, who claimed his coming together with Button was "just one of those racing incidents.

"But we just don't have the pace to improve our final position significantly.

"We have the four-day test at Paul Ricard next week and I hope we can see another small step forward by Monaco."