Jenson Button turned his attention to the British Grand Prix in a fortnight's time after a frustrating outing in Austria on Sunday.
The Frome Flyer finished where he started the race – in 11th position – as Mercedes posted a one-two, with Formula 1 championship leader Nico Rosberg beating Lewis Hamilton into second spot.
Button had a difficult afternoon, dropping to 13th after being pushed wide at the first corner by Nico Hülkenberg .
Thereafter, he was unable to get his tyres working and spent the last two stints pushing to usurp Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who was running ahead of him for much of the race.
"I'd hoped we could make up some places today, but it's never easy to overtake around here.," said Button afterwards.
"We went for a different strategy – starting on Primes – but it didn't really work for us.
"At the start, Nico [Hulkenberg] pushed me wide at the exit of Turn One – there was no real need for that as there was enough room for both of us – so I lost a couple of places.
"From then on, my race was all about sitting in the train, waiting for people ahead of me to pit, and trying to make my strategy work – which in the end I couldn't. It was a long afternoon's work for 11th place.
"I'm now really looking forward to Silverstone."
McLaren Mercedes racing director Eric Boullier said: "Jenson was never quite able to compensate for his less-than-optimal grid position, but he nonetheless did his level best to capitalise on an adventurous race strategy which in the end didn't quite work out. As a result, he was able to finish only 11th, through no fault of his own.
"In summary, seventh [for Button's team-mate Kevin Magnussen] and 11th isn't the result we were hoping for, but, as I said yesterday, we're on the right development path, even if the gains we're making are frustratingly incremental at the moment. We'll continue to work as hard as we possibly can in an effort gradually to enlarge those gains, but it won't be an instant fix.
"Even so, we're very much looking forward to the Santander British Grand Prix, at Silverstone, the spiritual home of British motorsport, where, once again, you can be well sure that Jenson and Kevin will both be driving their hearts out in an effort to put on a good show for McLaren's many UK-based fans, who'll be cheering them on from the packed grandstands all around the circuit."
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