Button turns attention to Yeongam

"It feels so sweet to have won at Suzuka," says Jenson Button. "It's such a fantastic racetrack – one of the best – and so much history has been made there. You automatically think of [Ayrton] Senna and [Alain] Prost, don't you? I've always wanted to win at the circuit and it's hugely satisfying to have done it."
Sunday's win was Jenson's third victory of 2011 and placed him comfortably in second place in the world championship. But he didn't have long to reflect on one of the greatest drives of his career because he quickly had to turn his attention to this weekend's Korean Grand Prix at Yeongam.
"That's true," says Jenson. "It's a quick turn around this week due to the back-to-back nature of the races. But we still had a good time after the race because it's not every day that you win at Suzuka. On Sunday night we flew to Tokyo, where I've been renting an apartment with [girlfriend] Jessica for the past month, and we had a good celebration. Monday was a day for relaxation, and I then turned my attention to Korea on Tuesday."
Jenson completed several hard training sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, and spoke at length to his engineers on the telephone about the coming race weekend. He then flew to Korea on Thursday morning.
"Most of the drivers arrive late at Yeongam," says Jenson, "because there isn't much to do in that part of Korea except race. The Korean International Circuit is a good little racetrack; it's a good layout and it should lend itself to good racing. I just hope for a better weekend than last year, when I wasn't that competitive in qualifying or the race."
Last year's inaugural Korean Grand Prix was marred by heavy rain, which resulted in 26 laps spent behind the Safety Car (47 percent of the total race distance). Jenson spun off twice in the horrendous conditions.
"I had a bad experience in Korea last year," he says. "I really struggled in the conditions and spun off a couple of times. I never spin off and I spun twice in that race!
"Yeongam is also the only circuit I've ever struggled to learn. Driving it on the simulator a couple of weeks ago my experiences were better, so I'm looking forward to getting back there this year and getting on with it."
Having dominated events at Suzuka, Jenson is confident that his McLaren will be competitive this weekend as well.
"We hope the car will be competitive at all of the remaining races," says Jenson. "It's very efficient when it comes to downforce, so we should be quick along the straights at Yeongam, while also having plenty of grip through the corners – and there are a couple of quick ones around the lap. I feel like I'm driving well at the moment and my intention is to come away with two wins in the space of a week."