Jenson Button has poured cold water on hopes that he could finally become a Formula One winner in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

The Honda driver's home British Grand Prix follows the season's glamour highlight and organisers of that race said this week that a long-awaited Button success in the Mediterranean principality would ensure a sell-out crowd at Silverstone.

"I'd love to but that's not really on the cards," Button told reporters in Monaco.

"We're not going to be as quick as the Renaults or the Ferraris, no way. They beat us by a minute in Barcelona, almost a second a lap."

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