Whats Up Jenson ??

[Hitman]

Jenson Button admitted here Sunday that he was happier to crash out of the Canadian Grand Prix than to hand his potential podium finish to World Champion Michael Schumacher.

 

Button has struggled this season and is yet to pick up a point after he buckled under pressure from Ferrari driver Schumacher and hit the wall at the final corner on the 46th lap of the 70-lap race. But the Briton, who started the race from pole position, insisted:

 

"It has been a disappointing end to what has been a very encouraging weekend, but I'd rather crash in third than finish fourth really.

 

"It was completely my mistake. I went pretty wide and I thought I've got to try and get round the corner. I hit the kerb pretty hard and I bounced across the circuit. I didn't hit the wall that hard but it ripped the tyre off," added the British driver.

 

Button was undone by a new tall kerb on the inside of the final corner, which he dismissed as harmless on the Thursday before the race, and admitted he could do nothing about the accident once he made the mistake.

 

"I was going to hit the wall as soon as I hit that kerb because I didn't have any wheels on the circuit," he said. "It jumped off the kerb and landed and I thought it was okay and then I lost all grip.

 

Michael behind me was pushing me pretty hard and I should have gone across the green stuff but I thought if I did that I would have to let Michael pass and I didn't want to do that."

 

Button's team are on the comeback trail after struggling early in the season and then being banned for two races for failing to prove their car legal at the San Marino Grand Prix.

 

They were confident he could race for a podium place after he put the car on pole, thanks to a light fuel load, in Saturday practice and he could have achieved their aim if he had not thrown the car in the wall.

 

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In all my life watching F1 .... this I think is one of the stupidest remarks coming from Jenson Button - that he'd rather crash than finish 4th ..... whats up with that ??

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Teams get 1 Million Pounds per Championship point ... 4th is 5 points = 5 million pounds

At the end of last season .... he was boasting that in 2005 , he will be challenging Micheal Shumacher for the Championship. Ah well .....

[Robin]

sour grapes?

[Hitman]

Funny right ... this sorta remarks coming from a racing driver

 

Dont wanna finish 4th .... some teams like Jordan or Minardi would give their limbs for 8th place and 1 point

[Robin]

to me it sounds like he's trying too hard to explain for his "error in judgment"... till so much so that his "reson" sounds illogical...

[Seansene]

Damn strange... remember Nelson Piquet winning his third Championship despite winning far fewer races than poor Nigel Mansell in 1985 (or was it 1986)? Every point counts, and you don't make quantum jumps to improve, it has to be incremental.

[Hitman]

I think it was 1985 .... when Mansell lost it (Williams Honda TURBO then) , his tyre exploded on the back straight of the then Australian GP (last GP of the calender) .... correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it was held in Adelaide

Edited June 14, 2005 by Hitman

[Seansene]

Yeah, it was Adelaide. Talk about bad luck for Mansell, and good luck for Piquet, who got by with a string of second places.

[Hitman]

Those were the days when racing was racing. It didnt matter whether you are team-mates or not, you race each other like men

 

The Prost and Senna duel both in McLarens was also just if not more highly charged

 

And then Ferrari came along and spoilt the racing party by applying team orders

[Seansene]

Sigh... at least Rubens is behaving like his own man after the Monaco last lap surprise

[Hitman]

You what ... I think that in itself is a big lie. I think there was nothing there at Monaco, he knew he had to give way to Shumi. This sorta thing is already brainwashed into his head.

 

But I think Ferrari knew that everytime MS passed Rubi ... everyone would scream TEAM TACTICS. Thus theyhad to make it look genuine, and how genuine can it get with Rubens showing and giving the press a black face and some harsh words of displeasure. But I think its all an act.

 

See ... recently in Canada he just had a reversal in opinions to what he said

Edited June 15, 2005 by Hitman

[Seansene]

More conspiracy theories?

[Hitman]

Always