Question: Jenson, at one stage it looked like Fernando Alonso was going to make it a three-way fight and now you are here third on the grid. A satisfactory qualifying session for yourself?
Jenson Button: Yep, I am pretty happy with that. Always after a lap you think there is a little bit here and a little bit there but to be fair it was a pretty good lap, so I am happy to be third. It has been my issue of late and it makes it very difficult in the race to make up the time so it is nice to be in a good position and hopefully tomorrow we can have a good fight.
Question: Jenson, we have seen in the past the front-row start being absolutely imperative at the Hungaroring. But maybe with the new Pirelli tyres it could be a more interesting race and your 200th grand prix start. What is achievable for you?
Jenson Button: Well when you are that close to the front you have got to go for victory. I think a lot of races this year that we thought were going to be straightforward because of the front-row start haven’t been because you have got the tyres, the KERs is playing a big part as well and obviously the DRS. Obviously, going for the win tomorrow. It’s a big day for me. If I start the race tomorrow it will be my 200th grand prix and hopefully it is going to be a good one.
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Question: Jenson, when you won here, you started from 14th on the grid so it is possible to overtake here. Are you feeling in a fairly strong position in third on the grid?
Jenson Button: It’s very different to back in ’06 when we had wet weather. I think it’s supposed to be dry this weekend, or tomorrow. Third place is a good starting position here. I agree that P1 is better, that’s what we do qualifying for, and that’s why we get excitable on pole position – or this one does (indicates Sebastian) – but P3 is pretty good. I think we can race well from there.
Question: Jenson, third is your best qualifying here. Yesterday you said that set-up tweaks were needed.
Jenson Button: Yeah, we made some good set-up tweaks overnight. This morning the car felt pretty good. We were just playing with it a little bit through qualifying and it eventually came good on the last run. I think I gained about half a second on the last run in comparison to my previous lap, and it was just getting a bit more front end on the car, because I’ve been struggling with not getting the front end in. The car felt pretty good in qualifying so I’m happy with where we’re starting and it’s a very, very long tough race tomorrow, for us and also mainly for the tyres so we will see what sort of strategies we can throw at it and obviously go for the victory.
Question: Do you see a multi pit stop race tomorrow?
Jenson Button: It’s definitely a multi pit stop race. I don’t know. We will see. It won’t be five, it possibly could be two, three or four. We will see. This place is pretty tough on tyres but so far this weekend I think people have been doing reasonably long runs. Lewis’s was pretty good yesterday. I’m not really sure how the race is going to go. It’s always different than testing.
Question: I think this year this circuit’s been on the calendar for 25 years. I was wondering if you have any comments on why it’s been so enduring, what’s the secret?
Jenson Button: It is a great circuit to drive, especially when the car’s on the edge in qualifying. It doesn’t really give you any rest, but personally I don’t think that’s the reason. I think it is probably the fans. We have a lot of support here, outside the hotels, in the grandstand. It’s pretty full, which is good to see. It obviously goes up and down through the years but generally there’s been good support here. Probably the main reason is that there’s a road called Bernie Avenue leading into the circuit. Possibly.
Question: Jenson, as I understand it, most of the time you are going to use the soft tyre tomorrow. Comparing your performance to Red Bull’s on this type of tyre, do you think you can compete with them?
Jenson Button: I really don’t know. It’s very difficult to tell on a Friday because you don’t know what people are doing, you don’t know what fuel people are running. Previously, when it’s been very, very hot - I can really only think of one race which is Valencia – I think we found it a little bit difficult, but I think things have changed since then, and also we’re not going to have such a hot race tomorrow.
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