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Button blames 'grabby' brakes for Q1 exit

– McLaren-Honda's Jenson Button has blamed a brake issue on his exit from the first stage of qualifying at the European Grand Prix.Button finished seventh, ninth and eighth in FP1, FP2 and FP3 at the Baku City Circuit, but dropped out in Q1 and will start from 19th."I locked up at [Turn] 15," Button rued, when asked what went wrong for him."We put new brakes on for qualifying, as we always do; they were a bit more grabby, so that was it really."I've been seventh/eighth all weekend. I'm not sure we're that quick, but we're definitely not 19th."We should have known when I went off. We should have come in [to the pits] and put more tyres on, but we didn't. We...
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