Former F1 driver Jenson Button has spoken openly about his time alongside Lewis Hamilton at McLaren and noted a key weakness between him and his former teammate.
The Brit stormed to victory during the Brawn GP’s only season in 2009 and led the entire season, with Button finishing 11 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull.
Button’s next trip, however, took him to McLaren, along with then-former world champion Hamilton, with both drivers being on par in the 2010 season.
The Brit stayed with McLaren until 2017 before deciding to retire from Formula 1 to focus on other racing activities.
However, given his time on the team, Button admits there were a few things he could possibly have done differently.
“My biggest weakness was that I wasn’t ready to end a bad weekend,” Button told the high-performance podcast. “But I feel like I’ve definitely gotten over it.
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“Where I was exactly the opposite. I would brake and modulate to stop the front axle from locking, and I would accelerate and modulate the accelerator so I didn’t have to change my steering angle.
“So I would steer gently. They said, ‘Oh, it looks so slick’. That’s just because I would use that very differently from someone like Lewis. That hurt me in a way, but it helped.” me in these mixed conditions [to] really feel the state below me. “
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