SILLY MOVE
Button defended the move, “I
went up the inside and obviously
I thought it was on because I
wouldn’t have made the move. I
got alongside him, well, I thought
I was alongside him, but then I
looked across and went: oh he
hasn’t seen me at all.”
“These cars are so difficult to
see out the back of – I’ve been
telling the team and the FIA that
this weekend. So I tried to back
out of it but it was too late and we
touched.”
“I’ve never seen a car go up
on its side before. I don’t know if
that’s the way the tyre is or just
unlucky, I don’t know. Horrible to
see. I wanted to get out of the way
as soon as possible because the
leaders were coming round.”
“Obviously I asked as soon
as I stopped the car and they said
he got out on his own. I saw him
earlier and he obviously wasn’t
very happy but he seemed okay
anyway,” added Button.
Stewards deemed that Button
was “predominantly to blame” as
the move was “unlikely to have
resulted in a clean pass,” added
the stewards who handed the
McLaren driver a three-place grid
drop and two penalty points on
his license, which he is unlikely to
serve as he made it clear Monaco
would be his swansong.