Barrichello sorry no reward in strong race

The Honda Racing driver took full advantage of his team's one-stop strategy to move from 14th on the grid to ninth by the end of the race.

"I felt like I had one of my best Silverstone races today but unfortunately it was not enough for a points finish," said the Brazilian. "We had a good race and our one-stop strategy worked well for both myself and Jenson, so it was a shame for the team that we could not get a point.

"The car was quite heavy with all the fuel, which caused it to bottom out a little bit, but otherwise the balance felt good. We are just not quite there yet with our overall pace and will be working hard at the Spa test next week to improve."

Teammate Jenson Button also put a one-stop strategy to good use to recover from his disappointing qualifying.

The Briton went from 18th to tenth.

"I'm reasonably happy with our performance today and it was good to make up some places during the race to finish 10th from 18th on the grid," he said.

"The one-stop strategy paid off for us but I didn't get the best out of the car this weekend as I struggled with rear grip and had a lot of understeer, which is something that we need to look at.

"Rubens was able to get the maximum from the car but we were just a little bit off. The problem with my back on Friday hampered the preparation a little bit, leaving just Saturday morning to work on the set-up.

"I'm looking forward to the Spa test now and hoping that we can continue to push and make small steps to improve our overall performance."