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Button wants to right wrongs of '07 and '08 with Honda
Jenson Button says he has "unfinished business" with Honda after his barren years with the manufacturer in 2007 and 2008.
Button took his maiden victory at Hungary in 2006 but the following two years were a disaster for Honda, with Button and Rubens Barrichello scoring just 20 points, triggering its withdrawal from the sport at the end of 2008. Out of the ashes of Honda came Brawn GP and Button's fairytale world championship season but the 35-year-old has a chance to put things right with his former employer now the Japanese manufacturer has teamed up with McLaren.
"We didn't get the results together in '07 and '08," Button said. "So there's a lot for us to achieve and to put right, if you like, of working together. There is a lot of unfinished business."
McLaren-Honda only completed 79 laps in the first winter test of 2015 but Button says it is wrong to judge the situation entirely from what can be seen from the outside.
"They have their targets, and they understand what other people are getting out of their engines, and the strengths and weaknesses of those cars. It's not like the engine had been driven for three years before the test, and as you know in Formula One, the cars are only just ready for the first run in winter testing.
"Everything arrives at the last moment because you are trying to get everything out of the car and engine before you arrive at that test. I'm sure it baffles a lot of people when you see a car turn up at the first test and drive out of the garage at 11am and not 9am. Why couldn't you start two hours earlier? It's because you are always trying to maximise the winter and arrive at the first test with the best possible package, and that's why it sometimes starts a little late."
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