JENSON BUTTON HAS admitted to being ‘disappointed’ with McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton over a tweet that the latter sent, showing data from his and Button’s qualifying session before the Belgian Grand Prix.
While the Woking-based outfit denied that the tweet had done “much damage,” Button was none too pleased at the leak.
“I’ll say disappointed,” he revealed, when asked how he felt.
“We work so hard to improve the car and to keep things like that private.”
As well as revealing ride heights, the tweet contained braking and acceleration rates from the two drivers.
Hamilton was attempting to show the difference between a rear wing used by Button and the one he had chosen during the qualifying session. He later removed the tweet on his team’s instruction.
Button qualified in pole position and went on to win the race. Hamilton, on the other hand, only qualified seventh and crashed out in the first lap.
“I don’t think it’s for me to be angry with Lewis because it’s not a personal thing,” said the normally laid-back Button.
“The bit about him losing six tenths on the straights isn’t the bit that’s important to me because he should be gaining it back in the corners he’s got more downforce on. And I was eight tenths quicker in qualifying anyway.
“It’s more the information that we work so hard to keep secret and private, that was the thing I didn’t want to see on Twitter.”
Hamilton’s future at McLaren has been the subject of much speculation this season, with talk of a move to Ferrari refusing to go away, despite the denials of the 27-year-old.
Just a fantastic game of hurling well done Kilkenny and hard luck Galway.
Were the managers nice to each other when they shook hands? That’s what really matters
@thomas walsh: Ouchy.
@thomas walsh: let it go , let it go ……….
@Finnster: I’m not the one who needs to let it go. I didn’t think it was a big deal
@thomas walsh: ah so your happy and not moaning today because you won, makes sense. Try win and lose the same…
@Sea__Point: I have no idea who you’re talking about. Because I clearly stated yesterday that Galway were the better team and deserved the win. So run along and find your drama somewhere else
Cracking game. You can just never write off the Cats! Phenomenal how it’s just ingrained in every Kilkenny youngster to never lie down and battle to the bitter end. Really commendable trait and typical of any Kilkenny team. Five points down entering the 2nd extra-time period and clawed it back. Drennan looks like the real deal.
@Ultan Corcoran: two penalty missed were a killer but can’t really criticise collins though, he was exceptionally. Few silly mistakes and Galways puckout stratigy was terrible. But fair play to KK. Never dipped their heads. Always believed they could get back into in.
@Cormac Flanagan: Yeah fully agree. Especially with the puck outs.. God they were killing themselves putting them down on that big no.3 Rowe or Purcell.. he was a monster in the air for KK. Anywhere else they might have had a fighting chance.
Catholic Moore was painful talking uk this Galway team. But they will be at least 4 or 5 most definitely featuring for the seniors in the next years
2 classic Kilkenny v Galway games. Well done both teams. But as a cat we had luck on our side. What a great game hurling is
14 frees to 6 seems the obvious difference. The free against Greg Thomas in the last minute of normal time when he was being held by the kilkenny man while not even touch the kilkenny lad himself summed up some of the perplexing refereeing. Tbf I don’t know how he called that penalty against molloy too but it doesn’t balance out the difference in total frees given.
Great see so many players from the South of KK on the team.
Great to see so many players from the South of KK on the team