Jenson Button will start Hungarian Grand Prix from seventh spot on the grid after revelling in an improved car set-up in qualifying.
After struggling to find a balance to his liking all weekend, the Frome Flyer suddenly found his McLaren transformed for qualifying and set the seventh-fastest times in both Q2 and Q3.
He will also have the added benefit of starting from the clean side of the grid at the Hungaroring, where he took his maiden Formula 1 victory back in 2006.
Button said: "Until qualifying, it felt like it had been raining on me all weekend! Then, this afternoon, the car felt a lot better than it had in all the other sessions. That was a major positive.
"I think it's the 'never give up' attitude of the guys in the garage. We'd been playing with the set-up all weekend – it's better now, but there's still more work needed.
"Into Q2, we had reasonable pace and I think we did well to take seventh, just a few hundredths behind sixth. Seventh is basically where we are.
"We don't know what the weather will do tomorrow. In the dry, our long-run pace looks okay, but all the guys ahead of me are very quick, so we'll see what we can do.
"I'm on the clean side of the grid, so I'll be hoping for a good start."
McLaren team-mate Kevin Magnussen will start from the pitlane after skidding off the track in the third round of qualifying.
"While it's encouraging that Jenson managed to take a useful seventh position on the grid, we're all very disappointed that Kevin ended his Q3 session in the tyre barriers," said McLaren racing director Eric Boullier.
"The track conditions at that particular corner took everyone by surprise, and Kevin was powerless to avoid locking the wheels and hitting the wall. Of course, the good news is that he's safe and well; the bad news is that his chassis and gearbox are quite significantly damaged, and both will need to be changed this evening.
"As a result, he'll unfortunately have to start the race from the pitlane. However, I know that Kevin will not deter Kevin from pushing all the way to the finish tomorrow.
"It had been a tricky weekend up until qualifying for Jenson, but everything finally started to come together in Q2 and Q3, which is when it ultimately matters most.
"It's a little bit frustrating not to be able to beat both Williams – which I think we had the potential to do today – but he's well positioned to collect a useful amount of world championship points tomorrow."
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