I just want to get on with the job.”The Malaysian problem will make that more difficult this weekend, however, under the qualifying rules.”Last year we only had nine points by this stage of the season, so all isn’t lost, but we are 16 points behind Fernando [Alonso] So we need to start scoring points from this weekend. The car was strong in testing in Malaysia, but breaking down early there means we have to run early in qualifying here this afternoon, and that isn’t going to help on a circuit which is always so dusty early on.”. “But the one thing I’ve never wanted is for anyone to be able to say, ‘You’re only here because of your name.’ I always got that sort of thing at junior level; not so much now.”Growing up in his father’s shadow as a young cricketer must have been close to impossible and, in 1996, he gave up his career with Hampshire to concentrate on rugby union. Liam Botham does not have many regrets about the directions in which his varied sporting career has led him.

It’s the best way to put across my point about the issue we had in Malaysia. We were quick but we had a problem on Saturday and again on Sunday. It probably helped with the team to show them that I do care, that I’m not just along for the ride.”Despite his clear dissatisfaction with his start to the season, Button is adamant that he is not yet preparing to jump ship to Williams-BMW, as he attempted to do last August.”I am not even going to think about next year and where I might be,” he declared “There is no point. The Brazilian, too, was prone to the odd emotional eruption when things went wrong, and was more respected because of it.

Up until now Button has tended to play the game the way Michael Schumacher does, keeping friction internalised, but he admits that dropping the Mr Nice Guy act and showing a little steel now and then is not harmful.Button added: “I would say that I’m a corporate player, but it’s more important now than ever that I’ve got to show emotion to the team. The good thing about Honda is that when they have issues, they solve them.”That is precisely what the late Ayrton Senna found in his days using Honda engines at Lotus and McLaren. It was a minor problem and they showed me what they have done to solve it straight away. “As soon as I had calmed down I had a meeting with Honda and then I went to their factory in the UK on the Tuesday after the race. I had put my points across and we discussed things and they apologised. Jenson Button remained unrepentant yesterday, following his outburst against Honda when his BAR car lasted only three laps of the recent Malaysian Grand Prix because of a problem with its engine. “The knee was perfect.”* Britain’s Luke Donald pulled out of the BellSouth Classic yesterday as torrential storms washed out the first day’s play.

With a Monday finish in Atlanta now looking likely, the 27-year-old who came joint-second in last week’s Players Championship, decided he would need more time to recover from a shoulder injury and prepare at Augusta for his first Masters next week.. With respect to the situation generally, the view of the club is that we would like to put this incident behind us. We are not likely to appeal but would like to reserve that decision until we see the reasoning of the panel.”It is not the end of Chelsea’s disciplinary battles. Last week the club and Mourinho were charged by the Premier League over an alleged illegal approach to Arsenal defender Ashley Cole, who was himself also charged. Earlier this month Mourinho was fined by the Football Association over comments made after the League Cup semi-final against Manchester United.CHELSEA RULING: UEFA’S STATEMENTHaving listened to evidence presented by the disciplinary inspector and by Chelsea FC, the control and disciplinary body decided to impose a two-match suspension and a fine of Swiss Fr20,000 (£9,000) on the Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.Chelsea were fined Swiss Fr75,000 (£33,300). It was also the first apology from the club.Buck added: “We think the hearing was a full and fair hearing.

“I’m happy,” said Van de Velde, who recovered from a double bogey on the 18th to hit five birdies at Oitavos Golf Club. Victory at Carnoustie, which went to Paul Lawrie in a play-off, would have given Van de Velde a 10-year exemption. As a result the Frenchman has to rely on invites to compete on tour, a situation which would have been avoided if he had taken anything less than a triple-bogey seven on the final hole of the Open championship in 1999. Van de Velde has undergone two bouts of reconstructive surgery and made three attempts to return to the European Tour on a medical exemption last season, only to miss the cut in eight of his 14 tournaments and was in too much pain to attempt to earn his card at the qualifying school.