Button bemoans poor qualifying showing

The Honda driver performed worse than he was expecting yesterday and had to start the race from a disappointing 16th place.

From there, the Briton only managed to gain three positions at the start. of an uneventful race.

"I had a good start to the race and gained three places to 13th but that was the highlight of my race really," said Button. "We made things difficult for ourselves by qualifying so far back on the grid after we had expected to perform a lot better.

"I was heavily fuelled compared to most others and running long on a one-stop strategy, but I was stuck behind Heidfeld when he had already pitted which cost me some time as I didn't have the pace to overtake him.

"We ran the option tyre for the second stint, which was initially fine but then the rears went away quite badly due to the rear brakes overheating."

Rubens Barrichello also had a day to forget, the Brazilian finishing in 16th position after deciding to start from the pitlane.

"After qualifying, we took the opportunity to start from the pitlane and work on the car to try and resolve the issues that we had yesterday," Barrichello explained. "We changed the brakes completely so the car was very different to drive but it did improve a little bit during the race.

"We need to get to the bottom of the brake problems that we have had all weekend as these cost me a lot of time and positions. It was a poor weekend overall."