🗣 'The first 10 laps, they just destroyed me. Left me standing' 😱 It's not often you'll hear an F1 world champion admit this! Find out more as NASCAR's Cup stars schooled Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen at COTA 👇
by choosing the outside lane for the next restart, but the punter soon became the punted; he got spun further around the lap and would end his day way back in 29“They kept coming, getting more restarts and more restarts, so I think after the spin I had, the tires were just done,” he reflected afterwards. “It’s a shame, because we were there [inside the Top 5], but then we restarted, and just wrong place, wrong time.
“The action is amazing, I have to give it to these guys,” said Button. “The first 10 laps, they just destroyed me. Left me standing. Every time I was in a corner, I had someone overtaking me. “I was like [on the radio] ‘All right guys, we need to pit, freshen the tires and I need some air – I need some fresh air.’ I got that. The pace was good, consistency was good. I was really happy and passed a few cars, which was nice.
“It was so hot,” he added. “I don’t have a fan in my seat, which really didn’t help me too much. I was so close to getting out of the car, because I thought I was going to faint.
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