Button remains cautious despite points

The Honda driver finished in sixth place in the Barcelona race to get his and his team's first points since last year's Chinese Grand Prix.

But with one McLaren retiring and one BMW delayed by a penalty in Spain, Button reckons repeating the result will not be easy, despite expecting Honda to be more competitive in future races.

"I think Turkey will be a bit better than here, the performance," Button said. "But you've got to look at the performance compared to everyone that finishes and if the two McLarens, the two Ferraris and the two BMWs don't have issues then that leaves two points for everyone else to fight over.

"Then you have Alonso and you have Webber who are the two people you are fighting against, and maybe Trulli. It is going to be a lot more difficult if everyone finishes in Turkey to get points but if you look at our pace compared to our competitors you will see we are more competitive."

Button says Honda's current pace is as strong as they were expecting following their dismal 2007 campaign.

"I think we are pretty much where we expected," he added. "We started the race much further down than I was hoping for.

"I was hoping to be in the top ten and it would have made life easier for ourselves, but as I said I don't think this circuit is the best circuit for us and I didn't get the best out of the car over the weekend before the race because I didn't feel comfortable with the balance and I don't think we really got the best balance with this car.

"When the circuit gripped up the car came good, and I think it showed we were trying to run too much aero balance.

"We were trying to have too much front end on the car to get rid of understeer but it is not working it is just giving us a twitchy rear end, so the important thing is we understand the aero package a lot more now and going to Turkey I am looking hopefully to get into the points again."