Jenson Button says he was satisfied with his fifth place lap in Montreal, but admitted he was impressed by the pole effort of team mate Lewis Hamilton.
Button had a slightly scrappy qualifying session, and at one stage had to fight his way out of Q2.
“It was alright,” said Button. “I struggled in Q1, but I realised I wasn’t getting enough heat in the tyres. I ended up doing longer runs, I was doing three laps in Q3, instead of the normal two that most people did. It worked for me and I’m pretty happy with the lap.
“The problem was the tyres were cooling down too much, and I had one rear brake that for some reason was getting very cold, I had to really hammer the brakes on my out laps. It was a fun Q3. I’d rather be further up and alongside Lewis, but I’m happy with the lap.
“I crossed the line thinking that was it for me, so Lewis did a phenomenal job. He’s very quick round here, I think he’s qualified on pole every time he’s raced here.”
Button says that thanks to the different tyre choices at the front, the race will be a fascinating one.
“It’s good to see that people are running different tyres in Q3, it’s the first time this year. We’ve got primes and options, our main rivals, which are Red Bull, are running primes. It’s going to be an interesting start of the race, seeing if they can overtake.
“It’s a quicker tyre the prime tyre, but at some point, they are going to have to run the option. If they are stuck up behind Lewis, I’m sure they are going to be frustrated. It’s going to be a fun race, I’ looking forward to it. Strategy is going to be important so working with your tyres quickly. So being flat out every lap might not be the quickest way to the end of the race.”
Adam Cooper F1 
As soon as i heard the pit radio message from Mclaren and saw Hamilton jumping out of the car i thought that the FIA is likely to take a dim view of the sequence of events. I think a number of FIA regulations were broken along the way. First is the minimum lap time stipulation which you have alluded already to. I think Lewis riding the car outside of his cockpit could also be interpreted as a potential driver safety issue. The other FIA stipulation that was broken was about driver weigh-ins before you get back to your team mechanics. I am sure Lewis was with his mechanics before going for the weigh-in. I think it is a silly rule that stifles real human drama that fans would like to see. But regardless to what anyone feels about it, rules are rules and other teams and drivers adhered to it. I am sure rivals team would protest at least on the first count or everyone will be stopping in the track from next race.
Oops!! sorry….comment posted on the wrong topic!!