I generally feel sorry for Button, and for that matter, Coulthard for the usual British racers. From what I've seen, they usually have issues with with their cars that ends up forcing them to retire.

Alonso though makes me laugh though. In the Canadian grand prix when he tried to take Hamilton on the first corner, he more or less screwed himself then. The rest of the race he repeatedly messed up that corner...

I'm quite impressed with Hamilton so far, though he has got plenty of experience behind him so, and while he's fresh to the F1 scene, he's not all that wet behind the ears in terms of racing in general. I hope he keeps it up.