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Button laments team communication after Monaco "mistake"
Jenson Button says his McLaren team needs to improve communication after a mistake with its strategy calls during the Monaco Grand Prix.
Pablo Elizalde
Edited: May 29, 2016, 11:32 PM
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Button was one of the first drivers to switch from wet to dry tyres, but ended up being stuck in traffic as he rejoined behind the two Manors, which had not pitted at that point.
Unable to pass them, Button lost a lot of time and any chance of a better result that would have rewarded his call, ultimately finishing ninth.
The McLaren driver suggested the team should have warned him he would emerge in traffic.
"I am pretty good at making calls. I am not that good, but it seems everybody copied exactly what I did, so it make it a bit of a pain," said Button.
"I also got stuck behind the Manors.
"I think in terms of communication between the team and myself it wasn't good enough, really, because we should have been ahead of the Manors, which you can't overtake around here.
"We had a four-second difference in laptime, and it was impossible to overtake. So a bit of mistake, but good points and we wouldn't have scored this many points if it was dry.
"In terms of making the right calls on strategy, in terms of pace, I definitely made the right calls. Problems is I came out in traffic and I didn't know I was going to be in traffic."
Button agreed with his teammate Fernando Alonso that today's result was not a true reflection of McLaren's performance.
"These points are not because we are competitive. These points are because we made good calls," he said.
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