Barrichello upset after costly penalty
Rubens Barrichello admitted he was very upset after being hit with a drive-through penalty which robbed him of his first podium with Honda
Barrichello was running in third place in the final part of the race when he was forced to serve the penalty, which dropped him down the order.
The Honda driver recovered to finish in fourth place, but was still unhappy to miss out on the top three.
"Fourth is a good points finish and my best so far this season but I'm disappointed because I was looking good for third today," said the Brazilian. "It was a tough race and I didn't feel competitive at all. I was carrying a lot of fuel but I did a good job to keep pace because I was really struggling with the balance of the car.
"It was obviously a huge blow to be called in for the drive-through penalty because I was sure the limiter light was on. I'm really very upset for the team and for myself because it would have been an extra point, but more than that, my first podium of the year.
"The guys did a great job all weekend, especially for us to qualify well on such a lot of fuel and I thank them for that."
Teammate Jenson Button completed a nightmare weekend at the principality by finishing in 11th place after having qualified in 14th position.
"After qualifying where we did yesterday, this was always going to be a struggle for me," said Button. "I lost rear tyre grip and had to stop a lot earlier than I wanted to because of that. At the stop we put scrubbed tyres on and took a lot of front wing off. After that the car was doing okay.
"All in all, this was definitely a race to forget for me but at least we are taking away a lot of information. Even though Rubens was fourth today we certainly didn't get the best out of the car this weekend and we still have a lot of work to do to catch up with the front runners."
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