| Honda Racing Formula One Team was looking to | | | | result. |
| take their first point/s of the season going into | | | | "It was a fun race today but ultimately another |
| Sunday's United States Grand Prix. But after a | | | | disappointing afternoon for us," he said. "At the |
| poor showing at the race held at the Indianapolis | | | | start I was on the outside and I was hit by |
| Motor Speedway, it looks as if Honda would have | | | | Rubens, which damaged the front of my car |
| to wait for the next race to break into the | | | | along with the bodywork. That forced me across |
| scoring column. | | | | the grass and left me almost at the back of the |
| Drivers Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button | | | | field which was disappointing. Still it was a fun race |
| seemed to have switched places after the | | | | with some good overtaking until my pit stop, |
| Canadian Grand Prix. At the race held at the | | | | when we had a problem with the fuel rig which |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Barrichello only | | | | cost me time and then I had about 15kg too |
| managed to take the twelfth spot while Button | | | | much fuel in the car which compromised the rest |
| was forced to retire. At the United States Grand | | | | of the race. We were just off the pace again and |
| Prix, it was Button who finished twelfth and | | | | we now have a lot of work to do next week in |
| Barrichello was forced to retire. | | | | Jerez to move our performance on." |
| Barrichello was involved in an accident which | | | | Meanwhile, Barrichello is also looking forward to |
| retired not only him but Toyota's Ralf | | | | Jerez and attributed the accident to bad luck. "I |
| Schumacher and Red Bull's David Coulthard as | | | | think it was just an unlucky first corner racing |
| well. It can be remembered that these three | | | | incident today. I tried to avoid a spinning Ralf and |
| have been the leading contenders to Michael | | | | unfortunately hit two cars, one of which was |
| Schumacher's dominance in the early 2000s. The | | | | Jenson. The contact broke my front suspension |
| incident happened only on the opening lap and | | | | and that was it for me today. Sadly Jenson's car |
| Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg escaped the | | | | was damaged as well. We have an important test |
| collision. | | | | next week in Jerez, so the team just has to look |
| While Button may have avoided the crash which | | | | forward now and focus on improving our |
| might have forced him to retire, he only managed | | | | performance for the rest of the season," he |
| a twelfth place finish. While the British Button said | | | | shares. |
| that the race was fun, he is disappointed with the | | | | |