? Driver penalised for illegal move on Felipe Massa
? Whitmarsh still delighted with team's result
The McLaren team principal, Martin Whitmarsh, was fuming on Sunday night over the incident that saw Jenson Button penalised for an illegal move on Felipe Massa. Button, who started fourth and finished sixth, was given a drive-through penalty, which cost him an estimated 23 seconds, after being found guilty of cutting a corner as he overtook Felipe Massa on lap 11, following a long struggle.
Whitmarsh said: "We should have had two cars on the podium here. I feel a bit harshly treated because as the incident happened we asked race control for their advice, what we should do. They explained they would come back to us and they didn't. The next thing we knew it had gone to the stewards, Massa had stopped and we were unable to do anything about it. When they say 'We'll get back to you', you expect, to be honest, that they'll get back to you. It's frustrating and its annoying."
But Button did look in the wrong and a relieved-looking Whitmarsh was encouraged by the performances of Button and Lewis Hamilton, who finished second. "Two weeks ago I would have snatched your hand off for that result," he said.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/mar/28/martin-whitmarsh-jenson-button-australian-grand-prix
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