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Button: It was pretty scary to drive

Jenson Button has admitted that his McLaren MP4-30 was 'pretty scary to drive' during the Spanish Grand Prix. The 2009 world champion finished down in 16th place after suffering issues which he says the team will now look into. 'Friday the long runs were good, but yeah, it was pretty scary to drive,' he explained. 'Every time I touched the throttle, it just snapped. I am sure there is something wrong there. 'The problem is in the low-speed it is slow and you just get wheelspin immediately. In high-speed, it is very scary. 'As soon as you touch the power, the rear end is gone and it snaps immediately. It isn’t a gradual snap like you usually get, it is very weird. 'The weekend had been...
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