Button and Pérez went on to finish the race in ninth and eleventh place respectively, on the lead lap, but some eighty seconds behind race winner Kimi Räikkönen.[19] Button was critical of the car, claiming that it could not win a Grand Prix without extensive development work.[20] Following the race, team principal Martin Whitmarsh described his willingness to abandon the MP4-28 altogether and instead revert to using the McLaren MP4-27 if the team felt they could not solve the MP4-28's issues,[21] but that the team's preference was to concentrate on developing the MP4-28 for the time being.[22][23]