Spain: Jenson looking to make amends

By Phil Huff
May 12 2006

Jenson Button arrives in Barcelona with the Honda Racing F1 Team looking to forget the Nurburgring and make amends in Spain, confident that Honda have an advantage.

"It was a tough weekend at the Nurburgring so I'm looking ahead and focusing on Spain now," explains Button. "It's a circuit where you need to be strong aerodynamically and I think our car is good in that respect."

Honda appointed a new Chief Aerodynamicist on Wednesday, promoting Mariano Alperin-Bruvera to the position from within the team, while the new wind tunnel will be ready soon.

"It's quite a demanding track for the drivers and the fast corners put a lot of strain on the neck," continues Jenson. "However we do get a lot of practice at Barcelona as we test there so often, so we know the track inside out.

"The weather is likely to be nice and hot which always suits us better and if we can resolve the engine problem from last weekend, I think we should be able to get a good result. I'm looking forward to the weekend."