Button Unhappy after Missing Podium

Briton Jenson Button was disappointed after missing out on a podium position in the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The BAR-Honda driver, who has finished on the podium five times this season, wound up fourth in the Montreal race today, behind the winning Ferrari of Michael Schumacher, his brother Ralf, and his teammate Rubens Barrichello.

Button said he was disappointed with BAR's pace and admitted he did not expect the Williams of Ralf to be as strong as it was.

"Five points are very important but I'm obviously disappointed that I'm not on the podium here because that's what we felt was achievable," said Button. "I bogged down at the second pitstop after the anti-stall kicked in as I released the clutch.

"Our pace was disappointing compared to the Ferraris and we certainly didn't expect to be behind a Williams today. I guess we just have to look at what went wrong and fix it for Indianapolis."

Takuma Sato, who started the race from the pitlane, retired with an engine failure for the third time in a row.

"We came to Montreal with high hopes but have come away with another disappointing result," the Japanese said. "I tried really hard to make up places but the car was so heavy on fuel and we just didn't have the pace so it was difficult.

"Towards the end of the race we were targeting a point but then another engine failure ended my race - something we have to get on top of for Indianapolis. We cannot change anything as such but we will have to work closely with the engineers."