European Grand Prix qualifying notebook
The National Monday 27th June, 2011
Changing track conditions left Jenson Button flummoxed as he had to be content with sixth place on the grid for today's European Grand Prix. Button had been challenging at the top of the time sheets in the first two parts of qualifying, but was six-10ths off Sebastian Vettel's pole-setting time when it mattered. "Sixth position is a bit frustrating because the car felt pretty good in Q2, and I didn't have to push it too much," the McLaren-Mercedes driver said. "So I don't know why that changed for Q3. I had quite a bit of oversteer and I couldn't get enough rear grip or traction, particularly in the first two sectors. And that was something I wasn't expecting. "The car felt really good this morning in practice, though. Maybe in this heat, the balance didn't work quite as well as it did...
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