Jenson Button says he is surprised to see Ferrari falling down the grid, rather than competing with McLaren and Red Bull after showing impressive form in testing and the season opener in Bahrain.
“It’s quite unusual,” he told Canada’s Star. “They had the perfect winter. They were very quick, very consistent and very reliable [in testing] and we were thinking, ‘Wow, these guys are going to be untouchable.’
“At the first race [Bahrain], they were very fast. But we’ve made steady progress and at the moment we are faster and doing a better job than Ferrari.”
However, whilst the British and Austrian team have made steady progress and opened up a gap between themselves and the Italian outfit, Button isn’t ruling out a comeback.
“They can come back. They’re a very strong team, Fernando [Alonso] and Felipe [Massa] have the experience. You can’t ever count them out. We never forget them.”
