We will be scrapping for points in the remaining races: Jenson Button

Sergio Perez (L) and Jenson Button (R)

McLaren driver Jenson Button has revealed that he and his teammate Sergio Perez will be scrapping for points in the remaining races.

“The last few races have shown that, realistically, we’ll once again be fighting for the minor points. Still, I enjoyed my races in Korea and particularly Japan – where it was both satisfying and unusual to be armed with fresh tyres and able to pick off cars on older rubber, as opposed to the other way round – so I’ll be looking to take the fight to some of the faster cars once again next weekend, “he said.

The team has been struggling in the season so far with their highest finish being fifth, achieved by Button in the Chinese Grand Prix back in April. Perez, who has been struggling in the last two races, added that he is hoping for a better weekend in India.

“After two tricky races in Korea and Japan, in which I had good pace but just seemed to suffer a whole range of misfortune, I’ll be hoping for a smoother ride in the next flyaway double-header. It’s been frustrating to see decent results slip away from me, but I’m confident that we’ll be able to turn things around quickly,” Perez said.

“With the race skipping a year for 2014, I hope we can help make this year’s event particularly memorable. We know we don’t have the machinery to fight the top four teams, but there’s always fierce competition around the fringes of the top 10; scrapping for points might not be what Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is all about, but it’s nonetheless satisfying to nail the set-up and the strategy and drive a perfect race,” he added.