Jenson Button has admitted that missing a chunk of free practice on day one of the Monaco Grand Prix has left him playing catch-up on the majority of the field ahead of the most important qualifying session of the season. While McLaren is not expected to threaten the likes of Mercedes and Ferrari for the leading grid positions – and might not have enough in the armoury to challenge Red bull, Williams or Lotus for the top ten unless it rains again – Button says that his task has been made harder still by starting Thursday on the sidelines and then being hampered by a brake temperature issue later in the day. “We lost quite a lot of running, a new tyre run in P1 and a lot of laps in...
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