Button issues rallying call to Honda

After another disappointing outing in the Canadian Grand Prix, their second consecutive non points scoring finish, the Japanese manufacturer's plight shows no sign of improvement.

And, on the back of the major staffing reshuffle that has led to the departure of technical director Geoff Willis, it would be all too easy for team members to let their heads drop and think there is no way out of the current difficulties.

But Button and Fry have made it clear that everyone at the team has to dig deep now if they are going to improve their fortunes.

Button said: "It is not going to move us forward if we are not motivated. What is the point of not being motivated? You should always be motivated in whatever you do and however bad things get you should always be motivated.

"Maybe it is just my opinion, maybe most people are not like that, but a lot of people in the team found this weekend tough and disappointing. We will look over the reasons for it and hopefully solve some of them for Indianapolis next week."

Fry added: "Jenson is like the rest of us. There is no point getting depressed and looking at our feet. It's a matter of getting on with it and analysing what the issues are and doing something about it.

"We're all professionals. We all do our job. It's tough, but that's what we're paid for and we have to get on with it."

Button believes that Honda's poor showing in Canada was exaggerated because the rear-end stability problem that he was suffering from was made worse by the tricky track conditions.

Several drivers found their races were hampered by running off line, where rubber marbles from the tyres left them with no grip. Button found himself dragged off line several times because his rear wheels kept locking.

"Words are not going to make us any quicker," he said. "Rubens (Barrichello) and myself are pushy, we give as much feedback as we can and it will make a difference.

"This circuit was really bad because the problems we had were really exaggerated. One mistake and you are off the circuit and screwed here with the amount of marbles down. Hopefully there will not be the same issues in Indy with the amount of rubber on the circuit."