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Honda in good shape - Button

Honda may only be making one more major upgrade to this year's car in the summer before focusing completely on 2009, but Jenson Button believes the penultimate major improvements introduced at last week's Barcelona test will stand the team in good shape for this weekend's race.

"Our performance over the first three races showed a steady rate of improvement which was encouraging for the whole team and has given us renewed confidence in the car," Button said. "Although I was not able to complete much mileage at the test this week due to the weather, the team had three days evaluating the new upgrades, so I am confident that we are in good shape."

"The circuit here is very familiar so we will make the best use of our time on track to fine-tune the set-up of the car," he added. "We hope to be challenging for a top ten qualifying position again which would put us in position for a strong race."

Honda’s Button takes on triathlon challenge :clap:

With a three-week break between races, Honda’s Jenson Button would be forgiven for taking a little time off ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Button, however, has been hard at work training for the Barcelona race and on Sunday even took part in an amateur athletic competition.

The ‘Sevenoaks Triathlon’, which took place in Kent, England, comprised a 400-metre swim, a 27-kilometre bike ride and an eight-kilometre run. Button, who regularly competes in triathlons, participated alongside physio Mike Collier at the British event and finished 16th out of the 250 competitors with a time of 1:31.21.

“I really enjoy competing in triathlons, probably because I have total control over my race and the result,” he told his official website. “In F1, it's very different as it's a big team event but in a triathlon you are in control of your own destiny. I love training and anything physical so having to push myself to the limit in three different and very intense skills is very rewarding.”

Button’s next triathlon outing will also be on British soil, at the Nokia Royal Windsor Triathlon on 15 June.

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He got a very good result. Well done, Jenson!

I even didn't find any pics Thanks for the pics, LuNo!

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Spanish Grand Prix

1st Free Practice

1 K. Räikkönen 1:20.649 17

2 F. Massa 1:20.699 9

3 L. Hamilton 1:21.192 20

4 R. Kubica 1:21.568 20

5 H. Kovalainen 1:21.758 10

6 F. Alonso 1:21.933 18

7 N. Piquet jr. 1:21.936 21

8 D. Coulthard 1:22.118 20

9 N. Heidfeld 1:22.278 24

10 J. Button 1:22.632 16

11 T. Glock 1:23.002 21

12 N. Rosberg 1:23.003 25

13 M. Webber 1:23.015 14

14 J. Trulli 1:23.141 15

15 K. Nakajima 1:23.153 24

16 A. Sutil 1:23.156 22

17 G. Fisichella 1:23.196 20

18 R. Barrichello 1:23.353 14

19 S. Bourdais 1:23.952 15

20 S. Vettel 1:24.082 15

21 T. Sato 1:24.278 14

22 A. Davidson 1:25.068 10

Spanish Grand Prix

2nd Free Practice

1 K. Räikkönen 1:21.935 38

2 N. Piquet jr. 1:22.019 38

3 F. Alonso 1:22.032 26

4 K. Nakajima 1:22.172 35

5 F. Massa 1:22.229 32

6 M. Webber 1:22.238 36

7 N. Rosberg 1:22.266 33

8 D. Coulthard 1:22.289 30

9 G. Fisichella 1:22.383 38

10 A. Sutil 1:22.548 38

11 L. Hamilton 1:22.685 33

12 R. Kubica 1:22.788 38

13 N. Heidfeld 1:23.130 40

14 J. Trulli 1:23.224 34

15 J. Button 1:23.263 34

16 H. Kovalainen 1:23.264 8

17 R. Barrichello 1:23.415 31

18 S. Vettel 1:23.661 35

19 S. Bourdais 1:23.684 37

20 T. Glock 1:23.883 40

21 T. Sato 1:25.110 30

22 A. Davidson 1:25.163 31

Spanish Grand Prix

3rd Free Practice

1 N. Heidfeld 1:21.269 19

2 D. Coulthard 1:21.465 16

3 F. Alonso 1:21.599 16

4 R. Kubica 1:21.717 23

5 J. Trulli 1:21.771 21

6 S. Bourdais 1:21.942 19

7 N. Piquet jr. 1:21.992 18

8 J. Button 1:22.060 17

9 F. Massa 1:22.075 16

10 T. Glock 1:22.081 23

11 L. Hamilton 1:22.094 15

12 N. Rosberg 1:22.174 19

13 K. Räikkönen 1:22.176 18

14 K. Nakajima 1:22.189 16

15 H. Kovalainen 1:22.220 16

16 S. Vettel 1:22.292 20

17 R. Barrichello 1:22.350 17

18 G. Fisichella 1:22.466 22

19 A. Sutil 1:22.689 21

20 T. Sato 1:23.726 16

21 A. Davidson 1:23.921 15

22 M. Webber no time 2

Spanish Grand Prix

Qualifying

1 K. Räikkönen 1:21.813

2 F. Alonso 1:21.904

3 F. Massa 1:22.058

4 R. Kubica 1:22.065

5 L. Hamilton 1:22.096

6 H. Kovalainen 1:22.231

7 M. Webber 1:22.429

8 J. Trulli 1:22.529

9 N. Heidfeld 1:22.542

10 N. Piquet jr. 1:22.699

11 R. Barrichello 1:21.049

12 K. Nakajima 1:21.117

13 J. Button 1:21.211

14 T. Glock 1:21.230

15 N. Rosberg 1:21.349

16 S. Bourdais 1:21.724

17 D. Coulthard 1:21.810

18 S. Vettel 1:22.108

19 G. Fisichella 1:22.516

20 A. Sutil 1:23.224

21 A. Davidson 1:23.318

22 T. Sato 1:23.496

Spanish Grand Prix

Button has high hopes for Turkey

03 May 2008

Fresh from a sixth place finish in the Spanish Grand Prix, Jenson Button is heading to the Turkish Grand Prix next week hopeful of another strong points scoring finish.

"I've had a couple of good results in Istanbul in 2005 and 2006, finishing in the top five on both occasions," Button said. "The track layout is excellent with the changes in elevation making it a tough but enjoyable circuit for the drivers. There are some really good overtaking opportunities at turn one and turn three, with a chance of passing into turns nine and twelve if you get it right."

"The Spanish Grand Prix was our first major upgrade to the RA108 and the new aero package definitely gave us a performance improvement over the weekend," he added. "It's good to know that we are improving the car step-by-step and I was able to develop a good understanding of the new developments. The car that we take to Turkey will be essentially the same package, therefore our focus will be getting onto Q3 and qualifying in the top ten. Turkey is a circuit that I have always been competitive at, and really enjoy driving, so I am hopeful that we will have a good race."

Button eyes more points this weekend

09 May 2008

Fresh from three points and a sixth place finish in the Spanish Grand Prix, Jenson Button is aiming for more points this weekend, but acknowledged that if Ferrari, McLaren and BMW stay reliable, it will be difficult to do much better than seventh.

"If everyone finishes it is very difficult to score points because you have got six very fast cars and you are fighting over two points but we will aim for points for sure," Button said.

"The first few races, in qualifying, were reasonable but I struggled in the race to have a good performance basically because twice I crashed at turn one," he added. "It was finally nice to get to the end of a grand prix and to be not just scoring one point, but to get three points on the board. It was a good race and the pace of the car was reasonable. There is a lot of work still to be done but the positives are we are improving and every race we go to we feel we are getting a little bit more out of the car, and so far everything is going to plan."

"We have got a few tweaks here which should make a bit of time," he went on. "Also this is a circuit which I think will suit our car a little bit more than Barcelona which is very bumpy and I think that ride quality is an area where we are lacking. We have got a few tweaks on that side and it is a smoother circuit, so I will be looking for a good performance in qualifying and then we will see."

Turkish Grand Prix

1st Free Practice

1 F. Massa 1:27.323 16

2 H. Kovalainen 1:27.456 17

3 L. Hamilton 1:27.752 15

4 F. Alonso 1:28.284 16

5 J. Button 1:28.919 12

6 K. Nakajima 1:29.002 19

7 N. Heidfeld 1:29.024 21

8 R. Barrichello 1:29.068 11

9 N. Piquet jr. 1:29.082 23

10 T. Glock 1:29.103 19

11 J. Trulli 1:29.329 24

12 R. Kubica 1:29.330 7

13 N. Rosberg 1:29.367 20

14 A. Sutil 1:29.756 23

15 G. Fisichella 1:29.811 23

16 M. Webber 1:30.088 21

17 D. Coulthard 1:30.340 13

18 S. Bourdais 1:30.388 19

19 S. Vettel 1:30.426 21

20 K. Räikkönen 1:30.732 3

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Turkish Grand Prix

2nd Free Practice

1 K. Räikkönen 1:27.543 30

2 L. Hamilton 1:27.579 31

3 F. Massa 1:27.682 29

4 D. Coulthard 1:27.763 24

5 H. Kovalainen 1:27.954 27

6 R. Kubica 1:28.431 29

7 J. Trulli 1:28.619 29

8 K. Nakajima 1:28.664 27

9 F. Alonso 1:28.681 26

10 N. Heidfeld 1:28.817 31

11 J. Button 1:28.826 28

12 T. Glock 1:28.849 26

13 N. Rosberg 1:28.907 29

14 G. Fisichella 1:29.008 35

15 R. Barrichello 1:29.024 22

16 N. Piquet jr. 1:29.212 26

17 S. Vettel 1:29.462 30

18 S. Bourdais 1:29.630 32

19 M. Webber 1:29.633 4

20 A. Sutil 1:30.832 9