Jenson Button admits things didn't quite go according to plan for him at the season opening race, but he is confident the MP4-25 still have plenty of speed in the bag.

The reigning World Champ started eighth on the Bahrain grid and finished the race in seventh place as McLaren struggled to match the pace of the front runners. To make matters worse, his team-mate Lewis Hamilton qualified and finished the race ahead of him.

Button, though, wrote on Twitter that he isn't too downbeat as there are still "exciting times" ahead for the team.

"The race in Bahrain didn't quite go as I expected it to... Exciting times though knowing there's so much more speed we can find with this car.
Earlier, the reigning World Champion revealed that he is off to Woking on Thursday for simulator work ahead of next weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

"Early morning...! Heading to MTC to do some simulator work and some PR."

With McLaren more or less matching the speed of Red Bull and Ferrari in Sunday's race, it's been speculated that the team's poor display in qualifying was the consequence of a poor set-up.

Team boss Martin Whitmarsh acknowledged as much when he suggested that the team had been distracted by the bump into Turn Six and had as a result run without sufficient downforce.

Sourced via planetf1.com