Exclusive Q&A: Jenson Button talks to Sky Sports News ahead of the Bahrain GP

It has been a difficult start to 2013 for McLaren and their radical MP4-28, but Jenson Button has told Sky Sports News' Rachel Brookes he is hopeful the team secure another solid points finish in Bahrain.

Will there be any updates here or are you waiting on Spain and is there an awful lot more pressure on that update now?
JB: "There is a lot of pressure on the whole team yes. But they are working flat out and I know that because they want to get back to the front - this is a passionate team and they love winning, they are used to winning and fifth place is not what they are after. "It was a good result in China, we got the best out of the car, but it is not where we want to be. We will have a big package in Barcelona - it is not going to be the full seven or eight tenths in qualifying - but it will be a base we can really build on and it will then give us more options for the car in the future. I am really looking forward to that race." Paddy Lowe was the man who designed this car - how difficult is it now that he is on gardening leave and not to have him to come in and help develop this car and get things right?
JB: "He seems to have disappeared and I would love to see Paddy right now - he needs to answer a lot of questions! (laughs). "No, I get on really well with Paddy, he is a good guy and it is a pity to see that he is not going to be around with us in the future, but that is the way the sport is. "You can't put it down to one individual - there are hundreds of people who work on designing and building the car in all the different areas and it just hasn't come together for us. We know that now and we know what we have to do and that is what this team is really good at - developing a car. It is a pity we started as we did, but that is behind us now and we have to move forward."