Button's call on the race
BUTTON RULES OUT SPANISH GP WIN
Briton Jenson Button effectively wrote off his Spanish Grand Prix chances on Thursday, saying that his Honda RA106 was unlikely to challenge Renault or McLaren on the aerodynamically demanding Montmelo circuit this weekend but was hopeful that Michelin would allow them to challenge Ferrari.
"It seems that other people have made bigger steps forward than we have and we've been left behind a little bit by Renault and Ferrari I would say at the moment," the Honda driver told reporters at the Circuit de Catalunya.
"I think on a good weekend we'll be close to the McLaren and might even, if the Michelin tyres are working well on the car, get close to Ferrari.
"But I don't think we will get close to the Renaults on a circuit like this."
Champions Renault have won the first three races of the season with Ferrari's Michael Schumacher taking the last two at Imola and the Nuerburgring.
Spain is world champion Fernando Alonso's home race and his Renault team are confident he can win to increase his lead over Schumacher from 13 points.
"This is a circuit where you need very good aerodynamics and the Renault has that, the McLaren has that and the Ferrari has that," said Button, who has only scored one point in Barcelona in five attempts.
He did not race at the circuit last year after BAR, Honda's predecessors, were suspended for two grands prix for weight and fuel infringements.
"I don't think we are going to be any more competitive than we have been in the past few races," added Button. "Just hopefully we will be reliable."
Honda started the season full of confidence after strong testing over the European winter but that optimism swiftly faded with Button making just one appearance on the podium so far - a third place in Malaysia.
Button's engine blew within sight of the finish in Australia and he retired at the Nuerburgring last weekend with another engine failure.
"It was a tough weekend because I really didn't have a setup that I was happy with," he said. "But even so, running in fifth with a car that I wasn't happy with was not so bad really. So to have the issue of the engine was very disappointing.
"We know what the reason is and we've changed that for this race," added the Briton. "So we won't have a problem in this race and we're sure the reliability is going to be good".
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