Button disappointed to miss out
Jenson Button was well enough to visit his BAR team in the pits today despite being pulled out of the Monaco Grand Prix due to his crash in qualifying.
BAR took the decision not to risk Button in the race in Monte Carlo after he spent last night in hospital.
Button is already receiving physiotherapy and hoped to race but he will now not return to action until testing this week. The team made the decision to withdraw Button after discussing the issue with Formula One’s medical chief, Professor Sid Watkins.
Frome-born racer Button had been hopeful of securing his first podium finish but instead had to settle for watching the race, and visited the pits half an hour before the start.
Button admitted he could remember little of his accident and did not even know where he was when he came to in the cockpit having briefly lost consciousness.
“I haven’t seen the accident yet but I will,” he said. “I didn’t know that I hit the wall.
“But I feel okay. I am fine. It’s disappointing that I can’t race but then again if I am not well to race then I don’t want to because I could be a danger to myself and everyone else.
“The problem is I had concussion yesterday and that was a real problem for the doctors and they kept me in overnight because of that.
“I remember the car going a bit sideways to start with, then I remember being totally out of control and hitting the side barrier. It didn’t feel like it was hard.
“Then I can remember seeing the wall coming towards me but after that I am a little bit lost.
“I don’t remember how long I was unconscious for. I remember as I came around the guys had cut up to my arm.
“I remember speaking to Sid Watkins and he said I was talking but I wasn’t making much sense. I said, ’What’s different, that’s me all over’.
“I didn’t have a clue where I was. I remember looking down on my legs as they were hurting. I have never really had a big accident in F1 but it doesn’t scare me at all. You never know if it will but it doesn’t scare me at all which is the really good thing.
“I am looking forward to getting back in the car but I don’t want to be silly about it. I will go through all the training regime first to make sure everything is good.
“I don’t want to get back into a car and hurt myself. Everything has got to be right first. I’m disappointed I am not racing, I’d love to race here, because everything had gone so well up to the accident.
“It’s been getting better every race this season but I am 23 and this is one race in my career. “There is a lot more better races to come so we have just got to keep it calm and wait for the next one.
“I am not sure if I will be testing next week but I will definitely be in Canada – 100%.”
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