Jaguar chases Spa points

While the Australian acknowledges that points are even harder to secure at this stage in the season given the improved reliability of all the teams, his confidence in the R5 leaves him optimistic for Sunday's race.

"Seventh on the grid for tomorrow's race is good news for us and of course now we are focusing on the race and our goal to finish in the points," he said. "All the cars are very reliable at the stage on the calendar and the fight for points is not easy. However, we have a good solid package in the R5 and we are well-prepared for tomorrow so I am looking forward to getting out there and racing."

Webber was one of the lucky few on Saturday who was able to set his qualifying time in reasonable conditions. Team-mate Christian Klien, though, had a downpour on his run and could only manage the 13th quickest time.

"The track conditions were really wet and very greasy out there and this made everyone's job more difficult, the Austrian said. "My first qualifying session this afternoon was good but going into the second session the rain started again when I headed out and I was probably pushing too hard as well. Although 13th on the grid is still a good points fighting place and given the complexity of this track I have no doubt that there will be attrition."

Head of vehicle performance Mark Gillan added: "We tried very hard today to maintain our focus for the race tomorrow as it is forecast to be dry while also preparing the car for qualifying which was wet. I think we have achieved this but of course we will have to wait and see how we do tomorrow. This race is going to be exciting and with both of our drivers in good starting positions we will be racing for a points finish with both."