Jenson Button has said his strategy ꧑was to blame after only finishing sixth in today's Turkish Grand Prix.

Button, who opteꦰd to three-stop, was running fourth in the closing stages, but on worn tyres he was powerless to fight off his te🎀am-mate, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, who both four-stopped, and he eventually finished more than 10 seconds behind the latter.

"It's𓆏 a pity to finish so far back after everything in the first stint seemed to go so well," 𒐪Button lamented. "Strategy-wise, I don't think we got it right today.

"My battle with Lewis [early on] was great fun and there was a lot of excitement on the track, but I was disappointed to finish where I 🎀did: the car felt very good but we just went the wrong way on 💖strategy.

"I think most people probably started the race aimi🌠ng for a three-stopper, but because many of them damaged their tyres in the first stint, they changed their approach. We didn't, and I was able to put a couple of laps on everyone and my ꧋tyres still felt pretty good - but I felt the next two stops were earlier than the tyres could have done, which is disappointing.

"We didn't leave the stops late enough - the tyres were still good at the end of every stop, so we should have✨ stayed out longer because it just made the last stint extremely diff♊icult.

"Durin🐷g the final stint, I was trying to get the best out of the car but it's so hard because the difference in pace between a fresh and used set of tyres is so great."

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh meanwhile concurred it was a mistake to three-stop: "Jenson was the quickest of the three-stoppers, but with hindsight it probably wasn't the optimal s𓆉trategy, and consequently he struggled a bit - through no fault of his own."