The Ferrari driver believes Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix will not be the same without the excluded BAR team and Jenson Button.
Formula One champions Mercedes expect to be beaten by Ferrari this season and also see McLaren catching up fast after a dismal 2015 for the Honda-powered team, engine head Andy Cowell said.
BAR, runners-up to Ferrari in the championship last season, have yet to score a point in two races.
BAR said they took the decision to take up the option on Button's contract on July 20 and informed the driver's management team.
Williams said the 24-year-old had signed for the team for the 2005 season and beyond.
The 26-year-old Honda driver ended his long wait, triumphant at last in his 113th start, at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Ferrari's world champion Michael Schumacher, winner at Silverstone last year, qualified a disappointing ninth.
Although Ralf Schumacher, last year's pole-setter in a Williams, qualified second fastest the German lost 10 places on the grid after having an engine replaced on Thursday.
Jenson Button's BAR Formula One team has been put up for sale -- but only to allow a new joint venture between engine partners Honda and majority owners British American Tobacco to buy it back.
Briton Jenson Button shouldered the blame for a Canadian Grand Prix crash that prevented BAR scoring their first points of the Formula One season.
Michael Schumacher was second and Narain Karthikeyan 17th on the start grid for Sunday's Canadian GP.
Kimi Raikkonen's engine caught fire on Friday, forcing him to replace the unit and start Sunday's race 10 places down from wherever he qualifies on Saturday.
The FIA ban was the harshest action taken against a Formula One team for 20 years.
Jenson Button cannot have enjoyed his afternoon off on Sunday after Formula One's governing body took the BAR out of Barcelona.
The FIA will appeal the decision of race stewards not to take action over his car's weight.
English driver Jenson Button feels with engine problems sorted out, the team is on the road to recovery.
BAR have called the 24-year-old to a face-to-face meeting with the team by Monday evening or he will face a legal fight over his move.
BAR see Jenson Button as a smooth operator steering them to a first Formula One victory this season.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace in an incident-filled opening Monaco Grand Prix practice on Thursday, with debris and a loose drain cover bringing an early end to the session.
The Honda-powered team reached an agreement with Bridgestone to end their partnership.
Ferrari's six-times world champion Michael Schumacher starts Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix on the third row in sixth place.
Michael Schumacher of Germany, driving a Ferrari, has won the San Marino Formula One Grand Prix.
Honda's Otmar Szafnauer said Imola represented the first of several significant steps planned by BAR's Japanese engine partner this season.
Briton Jenson Button looked a threat to the Ferrari with the second best lap in both 45 minute sessions. \n\n
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