Button Delighted with Fifth Spot

Jenson Button was upbeat following his strong performance in the grid-deciding qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Despite a few mistakes on his flying lap, the British BAR driver completed his best qualifying performance of the season to set the fifth fastest time, boosting his chances of scoring points in tomorrow's race.

"I'm really pleased with fifth today," admitted Button. "It felt like a quick lap but I did make a couple of mistakes. I pushed a bit too hard in some of the corners and got a bit of oversteer, but it's nothing that can't be sorted out for tomorrow.

"It's been a very positive weekend so far. We've made solid progress towards the race and that's shown itself in qualifying today. I think our strategy is the right way to go so I hope we can turn that into a good result for the team tomorrow."

Button outqualified his BAR teammate Jacques Villeneuve for the third time in five races, the former World Champion having to settle for 11th position.

"It was a good clean lap; nothing special but I'm quite happy," said the Canadian. "Compared with yesterday, our two cars are a lot closer together considering our respective strategies.

"We were a little bit lost yesterday and the car was undriveable, but we've been able to work on that for today. I'm happy with our strategy and Jenson's lap showed that we have a good set-up going into the race. We're looking strong compared to other Bridgestone runners."