Button: “Qualifying among the top ten is possible”

Montreal's first taste of McLaren proved to be in line with the current potential of the Woking team, which was also dealing with some technical unexpected events.

“The rain that fell during FP2 didn't bother me too much since I had already completed the program – he stated Fernando Alonso, 9th and 15th – The innovations tested seem to have worked as we expected. Overall I'm happy with the balance and power, but the circuit characteristics are still not favorable to our package. We're still behind, but for qualifying I think we can aim for the middle of the group."

“Right from the start I understood that there was a lot of work to be done on the set-up and that's what we did – he said Jenson Button, 15th and 18th – Unfortunately in the morning I was slowed down by a gearbox problem, stuck in second gear. However, the top ten on Saturday afternoon is not so impossible."

Chiara Rainis