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Button In The Pits
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April 18, 2011, Monday
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MCLAREN driver Jenson Button was reminded at the Chinese Grand Prix that the first rule when driving a Formula One car is to look where you're going.
Button was leading yesterday's race in Shanghai when he made his first pit stop at the end of lap 14 and routinely pulled into the huddle of mechanics.
There was a slight problem, however: He had stopped at the Red Bull garage - not his McLaren crew - and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel was right behind, waiting for Button to get out of the way.
After a moment of hesitation, Button realized his error and drove a few meters forward to where the McLaren mechanics were patiently waiting. But that little glitch was enough to cost him the lead of the race, as Vettel pulled away from his stop quicker. "I was basically looking down when I came into the pit and went into the wrong pit stop," Button said.
Vettel was able to laugh it off after the race.
"Imagine if they'd changed his tires! I would have to drive on to McLaren and say 'hello'," Vettel said. "It happened a couple of years ago with a Toro Rosso. I don't know what attracts people to stop in my garage."
Button was leading yesterday's race in Shanghai when he made his first pit stop at the end of lap 14 and routinely pulled into the huddle of mechanics.
There was a slight problem, however: He had stopped at the Red Bull garage - not his McLaren crew - and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel was right behind, waiting for Button to get out of the way.
After a moment of hesitation, Button realized his error and drove a few meters forward to where the McLaren mechanics were patiently waiting. But that little glitch was enough to cost him the lead of the race, as Vettel pulled away from his stop quicker. "I was basically looking down when I came into the pit and went into the wrong pit stop," Button said.
Vettel was able to laugh it off after the race.
"Imagine if they'd changed his tires! I would have to drive on to McLaren and say 'hello'," Vettel said. "It happened a couple of years ago with a Toro Rosso. I don't know what attracts people to stop in my garage."
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