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Button: We're catching midfield teams

Sutton Images Enlarge Jenson Button says McLaren should be encouraged by its race pace compared to the midfield despite a double DNF in Malaysia. Button briefly flirted with the top ten before an Energy Recovery System (ERS) failure ended his race on lap 41. Team-mate Fernando Alonso had been as high as eighth before a similar issue forced him to stop at mid-distance. McLaren is clearly a long way from running at full power with its new Honda power unit but Button says the fact he could keep pace with other cars is a good sign. "It's nice to see other cars out there for so long. We were quicker than the Force India and the Sauber was there at the same sort of pace and the Lotus...
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