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Whitmarsh: Rules and weather hindered us, tomorrow matters
Posted: Saturday July 09th 2011, 15:43 GMT
McLaren didn't have a great day. The team qualified 5th (Jenson Button) and 10th (Lewis Hamilton). A result that can only be described a disappointing. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh explains: "Clearly, we'd intended to qualify better than fifth and 10th for our home grand prix, so inevitably today's qualifying session was a disappointing one."
"It's been a difficult day," said Whitmarsh. "Blighted by a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in relation to the regulations, and compromised by equally changeable weather conditions. That combination made things difficult for everyone, and the shape of tomorrow's grid was always likely to be tricky to predict as a result."
He continued: "But tomorrow is what really matters, and in Jenson and Lewis we've got two of the most skilful and most combative racers in the sport today. I know how dearly they'd love to be able to put on a good show in front of the most knowledgeable and most supportive spectators in Formula 1, and you can be absolutely certain that they'll be giving it 100 per cent as soon as the five red lights go out on the startline gantry at 1.00pm tomorrow – and so will everyone else at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes."
Last year the team started from P4 and P14 and finished on P2 and P4.
