![]() ![]() There’s a bit of mess and luck involved.” “It was a case of trying to stay out of the issues in the first corners and every time it looked like you’d be very good, then three corners later, somebody’s going the wrong direction. It’s a shame because when we were there, but then we restart, and just wrong place, wrong time. They kept coming, getting more restarts and more restarts, so I think after the spin I had, the tyres were just done. It was one of those things, unfortunately. “We got unlucky with the incidents that happened. ‘The Iceman’ was running as high as P4 in the closing stages having pitted just before the pack bunched up under a caution, though the knocks he picked up in the subsequent wheel-banging drama, plus a spin, meant he was P29 at the line. Raikkonen too had quite the rollercoaster outing at COTA, a venue where he claimed his final Formula 1 victory back at the 2018 United States Grand Prix. So, I was happy.” recommendsįormer F1 racer believes NASCAR might appeal for Lewis Hamilton American adventureį1 v Ind圜ar v NASCAR: How do pit-stops compare in each of the three racing series?Ĭhristian Horner recalls nudging Guenther Steiner towards Red Bull exit door ![]() “The team kept me calm, and it’s the reason why we got a good result in the end. I must’ve drank eight (or) nine bottles of water during the race. I was so close to getting out of the car because I thought I was going to faint. They put ice on me, gave me loads of water, and I went back out. “It was so hot, I thought I was going to faint in the car. “It was so hot, I don’t have a fan in my seat which really didn’t help me too much. “Finished 18th after almost stopping because I had heat exhaustion,” Button revealed. It was a race which went into triple overtime that Button almost did not complete though, as “heat exhaustion” only further added to his challenge and almost forced him to throw in the towel. I enjoyed the last three restarts – got good placement and good overtaking moves from the outside.” “It was really difficult, but towards the end, we made some good calls stopping and putting on fresh tyres. Every time I turned in, the rear tyres would chatter, then immediately to oversteer. “I also had a massive whack from Kimi, and it fell off after that. Big oversteer – went from the car feeling great to really difficult to drive. We also made a couple of changes that just didn’t work. “We got a little bit unlucky with the Safety Car because it was just two laps before our window. I was really happy, and passed a few cars which was nice. “The pace was good, consistency was good. “I was like, ‘All right guys, we need to pit, freshen the tyres and I need some air – I need some fresh air.’ I got that,” Button continued. He would gain some places towards the end though of a debut which he called an “emotional rollercoaster”, ultimately finishing in P18. However, after an unfortunately-timed Safety Car, Button would encounter further issues when he and Raikkonen, representing Trackhouse Racing, would get a bit too close for comfort.Īnd the result of that “whack” was enough to put Button’s momentum into reverse once more as “the car wasn’t quite right after that”. “The first stint was really bad – it was embarrassing for me.”įortunately though for Button a pit-stop for a breather and some fresh rubber would mark something of a turnaround at that stage as he settled into a rhythm and made up a couple of the places previously lost. ![]() But here they do, because they get a wheel inside for the next one, and if you turn in, you turn around. “Normally, if you’re a little bit slow through a corner, nobody tries to overtake you from the outside because they’re not going to make it all the way on the next one. And trying to place my car in the right place – I just got it wrong every time. I just need to drive and find a rhythm.’ I’ve never gone through a corner too wide, so often. “I mean, I must’ve been last by the end of it. “First, it was terrible,” he said after the race, as per. ![]()
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