Things Will Only Get Better, Says Button

Briton Jenson Button insisted on Saturday that his dismal qualifying position for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix will not be repeated at any other race this season.

Button, whose run of three points-scoring finishes was ended at the last race, in Spain, will start from the seventh row of the grid after qualifying an "unlucky" 13th.

The A1-Ring circuit does not suit the Renault car, which is lacking slightly on power, and it is Button's worst qualifying performance of the year. His teammate, Italian Jarno Trulli, is even further back in 16th spot.

But Button believes it will be the low point of his season.

"I think this will probably be our worst qualifying position of the year," he told a group of journalists in the Renault motorhome after qualifying.

"I think throughout the season things are going to get better, especially on the engine side. We are going to get more power so when we come back to circuits like this we won't struggle at all.

"Also the car will be working better. I am not worried about it. I think the next race should be better for us, and from then on I don't think we are going to be qualifying this low. I think every race will be in the top ten."

As for the Austrian Grand Prix, Button believes his chances of pushing for another points finish are slim whatever the weather conditions. Last year, David Coulthard came from seventh place on the grid to win the race, but his rival Briton Button believes talk of the A1-Ring being an overtaking track are wrong.

"We will struggle to be able to pass people," he said. "With our set-up it is just not that great and there are lots of areas we need to work on to make it work on a circuit like this. It is not going to be possible to get past people when we are braking into the corners."