Button: “Fantastic to start third”

Mixed emotions at McLaren at the end of qualifying in Austria. If with Button the Woking team surprisingly entered the top 5, with Alonso it sank to fourteenth place.

“With the threat of rain in Q2 I went out immediately but for some reason I found myself on used tires and therefore unable to push as much as I would have liked – the story of Fernando, 10th and 14th – Then in the second run with the new ones I had to give up due to the yellow flag. It's a shame because we could have taken advantage of other people's mistakes. For the race I hope for mixed conditions."

“Tomorrow I'll start third (due to penalties to Rosberg and Vettel), which is fantastic – the happiness of Jenson – In the second phase I got stuck at turn 3, so I thought it was over there but instead in the last lap available I took some risks and it went well. Tomorrow will be tough, especially regarding the behavior of the tyres."

Chiara Rainis