Button keeps lid on expectations

The Honda driver, hoping to bounce back from a dismal British Grand Prix two weeks ago, will start tomorrow's race from eighth position.

Although Button admitted the result was not ideal, he was still pleased with his performance, although he's under no illusions about his chances for Sunday.

"I'm pretty happy with our qualifying position today," said Button. "Eighth is obviously not where we want to be but it's a solid performance and we have both cars in the top ten. We'll just have to see what happens tomorrow.

"It'll be an interesting race as I think the Michelin tyres will work well and we're positive about our race pace.

"We've only used one set of new tyres in qualifying so we've saved an extra set for the race. I'm not going to talk our prospects up too much though. Our aim is to get both cars in the points and that would be a good result for us right now."

Teammate Rubens Barrichello is also targeting a points finish after qualifying right behind his teammate.

"We were on the borderline for the first qualifying session as I almost got put out of it by Rosberg holding me up," said Barrichello. "Apart from that, our qualifying hour ran smoothly enough. In the last sector of my final lap, I went a little wide and ran on the marbles, which cost me a bit of time.

"But we could only have improved to eighth at the most with the car we have so I'm satisfied with my position. We got as much as we could out of the car today. I hope we can achieve our target of points tomorrow."