McLaren’s Jenson Button is still eyeing a points finish on home soil despite failing to make it out of Q1 in qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Button suffered a broken rear-wing endplate during qualifying which meant he could only complete one lap in Q1.
Button is still confident of making it into the points despite starting from a lowly 17th place.
“It hasn’t been a lucky weekend for me so far. One of the rear-wing endplates became detached from the floor on my first flying lap in Q1, and the rear end of the car slowly deteriorated for the remainder of the lap,” said Button.
“It happened into Turn 8, which is where the high-speed corners start, and where you need downforce, so I’m surprised I even did the lap time I did, to be honest. We tried to fix it in order go out again for a second run, but sadly we ran out of time.
“Still, I’m smiling because it is what is. We’ll deal with it, and we’ll come out of it stronger. I’ll be hoping for rain and something unexpected to happen in the race, and I’m still aiming for points tomorrow.”
Button has never finished on the podium at his home event at Silverstone and it looks like 2016 will be no different for the 2009 World Champion.
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