Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button admit to car worries

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are concerned their new car is already lagging behind their rivals ahead of the new season.The MP4-26 was belatedly unveiled at second testing in Jerez, with technical issues affecting Barcelona testing.

"We left it [unveiling the car] a bit later... and perhaps it's not played right into our hands," said Hamilton.

And Button confessed: "We've not done as much running as we would have liked, which has hurt our set-up."

After choosing to focus on development, McLaren delayed their car launch and missed first testing in Valencia, while things did not go smoothly for the car's debut in Jerez because of a lack of spare parts.

Hamilton, who finished fourth in last season's championship as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took the title, clocked up a useful 107 laps on the final day in Catalonia.
But Hamilton, 26, finished 1.378 seconds off Felipe Massa's pace-setting time for Ferrari. And after Button had spent two days at the wheel, he concluded: "I still don't know where we stand."
from bbc sport