McLaren star wants to take advantage of high track temperatures after qualifying 13th
Sunday 28 July 2013 09:05, UK
Jenson Button is predicting an "intense" Hungarian Grand Prix and hopes the hot weather forecast will enable him to make progress from 13th on the grid.
Button admitted he was disappointed with his qualifying performance given the optimism that seems to have been spreading throughout McLaren this week. However, he also repeated the point he made on Thursday: that the Hungaroring isn't the track on which McLaren can really show the improvements they feel they've made. "Qualifying for me wasn't good but I think this week it's difficult to showcase the improvements. With the way this circuit is, the layout, it's very unusual the balance that you get around here," Button said. "I think at the circuits we've got coming up, you'll see the improvements that we've made. I think at Spa and Monza you'll see that we've made a reasonable step forward." According to Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh, "I think, to be honest, we had a little bit more optimism at the beginning of the week. We've made a small step but I think we've got some understanding, made a series of parts pretty late without the normal process and I think we can get more. "We will get more from some of the developments. We now have a direction and some good ideas."
