"With races this year, especially at altitude, we've really struggled. Basically cars are disappearing into the distance. If you're not winning, but you're actually fighting, at least you're fighting and that's what you enjoy. But the whole time trying to hold on to the back of the field - it's not really much fun..."
That's how Jenson Button summed up his 2015 season driving for McLaren-Honda. How enormously frustrating it must have been for Button and team-mate Fernando Alonso to race at the tail end of Formula 1's midfield, especially when between them they have won 47 grands prix, stood on the podium 147 times and been crowned world champion three times...
These guys are good, among the best in the world undoubtedly, but they are not miracle workers. Racing for McLaren-Honda last season must have felt similar to trying to ice- skate with slippers on. With both legs tied together. While wearing a blindfold.