Button regrets lack of rain at Spa

Button's under-performing Honda RA107 gives him plenty of troubles in the dry but, as he showed at the Nurburgring, in the wet he can overcome its shortcomings and mix it with the big boys.

So the normal guarantee of rain at Spa should give some reason to feel cheerful, but the current blue skies and forecasts that have greeted the teams are typical of his season.

"The frustrating thing from what I have heard is that we have had all the wet weather this week," said Button looking at the skies. "It was raining the start of this week, and was seven degrees, but it is going to be sunny all weekend. When has it ever been like this at Spa?

"Fuji has a good chance of being wet, Shanghai could be wet and Brazil could be wet...but I am sure they won't be. I thought my number seven was a lucky number!"

Button's spirits were lifted with an eighth placed finish in the Italian Grand Prix in his most competitive weekend of the season.

Despite that form, he is not expecting similar good form this time out.

"The car was different in Monza. It had new front and rear suspension, and was running a lot less downforce than usual so there was less of a balance change aerodynamically.

"That is why the car worked well there and I don't think it will be the same case here. It is reasonably low downforce here, but I don't think we will be quite as competitive as we were at Monza."

Although the team's focus is already on next year's car, Button is well aware that he cannot just simply give up on the current campaign.

And that determination is amplified by the fact that some new concepts are due to be evaluated at the forthcoming Japanese Grand Prix.

"Fuji is not about making the car quicker, it is about understanding the new way of working with the aerodynamics.

"Downforce wise it probably won't be any better. There is nothing to get excited about; it is just work for next season really. We are here to race and do the best job we can at the circuit but back at the factory there is not a lot going into this year's car.

"Every race I am here to do the best job I can. It doesn't matter that the car is not very good. You want to get the best out of it. That is why it was frustrating that we didn't at Monza, whereas at previous races we have got the best out of it and finished 13th.

"When I am here I give it everything, I don't think about next year when I am driving the car here. But really, everything is aimed towards next season and the people at the circuit here are trying to get the best out of now."