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Question: You started fifth and finished fourth. That sounds reasonable - and yet still there is no happy face…
Jenson Button: At first glance that might not look too bad, but we are in the fight for the championship and then you should cover the people that you are racing. We didn’t do that. We have to look at the data and look at the reasons for that. At the end of the race we put the options on and I had a lot of grip and the car was very fast. But still we haven’t been quick enough today - not compared to the Red Bulls and the Ferrari.
Question: After today’s race it seems that the championship battle has become a bit more difficult. You are in P5 at the moment, 31 points behind Mark Webber…
Jenson Button: I am in the same position I was in before I came into the race, but it is definitely becoming more difficult. The two Red Bulls were unbeatable today and Fernando (Alonso) was very quick in the Ferrari, so we just can hope that if we put a package on the car in Korea that we will get the best out of it. We came here with a lot of different new parts and some of them worked out well while others still need a bit of work. Hopefully when we get to Korea we will have the advantage that we hoped we would have here.
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Question: Three races to go: do you think that your car will become competitive enough to still be a serious contender?
Jenson Button: I don’t know. We are working as hard as we can and bringing as many improvements as we can. We should be competitive and probably have an advantage in Korea. Then we should be in good shape.
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