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Button urges 'wait and see' approach to rules

Jenson Button: 'It's only one race in, so it's not the end of the world' © Sutton Images

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World champion Jenson Button has said there is no need for immediate changes to the rules despite the disappointing spectacle in Bahrain last week.

"I think that even if you had won the race, you would have thought 'where was the action?'," Button told Reuters. "It's a sport that I love and it's tough to see a procession. I'm not going to say 'What are we going to do about it? It's terrible' because I think we've got to wait and see.

"It's only one race in, so it's not the end of the world. There's still another 18 races to go. There's still every chance it's going to be a fantastic season. We just have to see what happens over the next few races and then people have got to start making the decisions if it's not going in the right direction.

"I think we all put a lot of pressure on ourselves in Bahrain because everyone was saying 'it's going to be the best year ever in Formula 1' so we put the pressure on ourselves to perform. But it wasn't an exciting race to watch.

"Even last year, people were saying that the racing can be boring, there isn't enough overtaking. But for me last year the balance was good. "You had overtaking, not a lot, but you had overtaking and when you did make a move it was a hell of a move and it was exciting."

Button added he was pleased with the return of low-fuel qualifying through to Q3. "I think that's great. In that area we've really made a step forward, having low fuel and cars on the limit with low fuel. There are positives but maybe there aren't enough right now. We've got to hope we get them in Melbourne."

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