Button Optimistic of Better Saturday

Briton Jenson Button is optimistic of a more competitive final qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix tomorrow after finishing in 11th position today.

"It was quite a good lap but I'm a little bit disappointed because I was quicker in free practice," said the BAR driver, who finished in fifth position at Monza last year. "There was a lot less grip out there this afternoon and I had quite a lot of understeer in the high speed corners.

"It's only Friday though and we're a little more optimistic for the rest of the weekend. There were quite a lot of fallen leaves and gusty winds out there today, so when the track picks up tomorrow we should be able to qualify in the top 10 quite easily.

"Last week in testing we found a tyre that is consistent and when all of those factors come together I'm sure we can do a lot better."

Button's teammate Villeneuve endured a disappointing day too, the Canadian finishing two positions behind the Briton.

"Today is not a very satisfying day because we didn't complete our programme in free practice this morning due to an electrical problem," said Villeneuve. "Because of that we weren't able to run in qualy spec, so this afternoon it was just a case of trying to complete a clean lap to leave us in a reasonable position for the start of final qualifying.

"Hopefully we will get a better day tomorrow without any problems and that should make all the difference."