Reigning Formula One World Champion Jenson Button reckons the Singapore Grand Prix next weekend will be ‘very interesting’ because it will give ‘a clear idea of the destiny of the world championship’ and the likely peaking order for the final part of the season.
Button took the runners-up spot at the Italian Grand Prix recently and while that has brought him back into contention, he knows the fifteenth round in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship could be a very different story.
Indeed McLaren really struggled in Hungary - the last high downforce track - and while Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh is upbeat [see separate story – McLaren: We can run at the front in Singapore], Button is more cautious.
“The last time we were at a low-speed, high-downforce track was in Hungary back at the start of August; our car wasn’t particularly competitive there, and maybe we haven’t had a properly representative view of the top teams’ relative pace because we’ve just visited two high-speed circuits,” Button said ahead of the Singapore GP.
“But, equally, a lot has changed since that race in Budapest – not least, some quite hefty revisions to the rulebook regarding bodywork flexibility and, additionally, a lot of work by the engineers at the MTC to ensure our car is now better suited to slower circuits.
“Singapore will be interesting for all of us – we’ll not only get an idea of the speed of the Ferrari and Red Bull, but we’ll get to see for the first time whether all our efforts over the past two months have helped put us back in the ballpark at high-downforce tracks.
“Personally, I think Singapore has quickly established itself as one of the best races on the calendar, and I’m already really looking forward to the race. I think it’ll give us a clearer idea of the destiny of the [2010] world championship.”
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