Button disappointed despite 'fun' race

The Briton was involved in an incident at the start of the race, his Honda car going airborne.

Button managed to continue in the event, but could only finish in 12th position.

Despite that, he said he had fun in the race.

"It was a fun race today but ultimately another disappointing afternoon for us," said Button. "At the start I was on the outside and I was hit by Rubens, which damaged the front of my car along with the bodywork. That forced me across the grass and left me almost at the back of the field which was disappointing.

"Still it was a fun race with some good overtaking until my pitstop, when we had a problem with the fuel rig which cost me time and then I had about 15kg too much fuel in the car which compromised the rest of the race.

"We were just off the pace again and we now have a lot of work to do next week in Jerez to move our performance on."

Teammate Rubens Barrichello was not so lucky in the accident, the Brazilian making contact with Button and Ralf Schumacher, his car being too damaged to continue.

"I think it was just an unlucky first corner racing incident today," said Barrichello. "I tried to avoid a spinning Ralf and unfortunately hit two cars, one of which was Jenson. The contact broke my front suspension and that was it for me today.

"Sadly Jenson's car was damaged as well. We have an important test next week in Jerez, so the team just has to look forward now and focus on improving our performance for the rest of the season."