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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Barrichello blames crisis on team

Barrichello took three races before he even scored a point at HondaRubens Barrichello has blamed his new Honda team's lack of experience for his troubled transition from Ferrari.
The 34-year-old Brazilian struggled to get to grips with the RA106 in the early part of the season, taking three races before scoring his first point.
He said: "To be honest, it was a bit of a lack of experience within the team.
"I got used to the car but I told them if the car didn't come my way I was only going to be behind Jenson as I had to learn how he was driving the car."
Barrichello's biggest sticking point after his move down the grid were the brakes.
He explained: "It is not just jumping from one car to another. The car was completely different on the brake system. I attack the brakes harder than Jenson and I wasn't feeling the bite of the brakes.
"In testing I kept on saying 'the brakes, the brakes, the brakes' and they said 'OK, for the race we are going to have new items and everything is going to be good'.
"When the race came, everything was the same and that is why I took so long to adapt. After two or three races, when we tested new components, we actually found something and then I improved."
Despite his outburst, the nine-time Grand Prix winner believes Honda are now turning the corner and his input can help both him and team-mate Jenson Button to race wins.
"I am sure that, with the things I have been developing, it will help him eventually win a race," he said. "It is a mountain that we are both climbing."

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