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Button doesn't expect miracles in final two races
04 October 2007Honda Formula 1 driver Jenson Button is not expecting to see any improvement from his team in the final two races on the 2007 F1 calendar. The Briton has had a terrible season so far, scoring only two points. According to Button the team is now fully focussed on next season's car.
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The Honda Formula 1 team enjoyed its best season in 2006. Many expected the team closed in on the top teams, but in 2007 the team showed a terrible performance. The car just didn't work and in 15 races Jenson Button scored the team's only two points. In an interview with F1.com Jenson Button explains what he believes went wrong: "In my view, it was the wrong ideas when it came to aerodynamics. We went in the wrong direction. But this is exactly what we are going to change now as a lot of the new people have realised that and the last test has really been a quest for new ideas.
"We couldn't change the engine too much so we really have had to focus on aerodynamics. But it is not just about having as much downforce as possible, it's about having useable downforce, which means you have downforce all the time, not only on the straight. But I can see we are entering a very exciting process."
When asked if Button expects any improvements for the last two races he said: "No, I don't think so. To make the car a little bit quicker in the last two races would take away wind tunnel capacity for the development of next year's car - that would not make sense. We will probably be a little faster in the races to come, but that is down to us at the track."
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