Button Happy with Top Ten Slot

Jenson Button was happy to make it into the top ten on the grid for tomorrow's Malaysian Grand Prix despite admitting to being disappointed by his performance during his flying lap.

"It's nice to be inside the top 10 but I didn't think the lap was going to be as quick as it was; I was a little bit disappointed with it at the end," said Button after posting the ninth fastest time.

"The first sector seemed good to me then I made a mistake in each of the last two sectors. I think the time I gained under braking led me to make those mistakes so I guess I was just pushing too hard.

"This is roughly where we'd expected to be after a difficult morning in which we veered between oversteer and too much understeer before it started to come together. I think we're running a good fuel load for tomorrow so I'm optimistic."

The Briton, who last year finished in fourth place at Sepang when he was racing for the Renault team, outqualified BAR teammate Jacques Villeneuve, who on Thursday branded Button as a weak teammate. The Canadian former World Champion finished down in 12th position.

"We've improved the car a lot during the weekend and the balance was quite good for qualifying but I made an error in the hairpin and lost some time," he said. "Too bad, because the car was a lot better today.

"I'm a little less worried than I was yesterday but I'm starting from the sixth row of the grid which isn't going to help but I'm confident for tomorrow having concentrated on race set-up and strategy."