Reigning world champion and Briton Jenson Button declared his McLaren “undriveable” after failing to qualify higher than fourteenth at Silverstone.<\/p>\n
McLaren has had a difficult weekend, with high-profile updates taken off the MP4-25 after Friday practice.<\/p>\n
“We had probably 20 upgrade parts, and we’ve kept six or seven on,” confirmed team boss Martin Whitmarsh.<\/p>\n
Button’s teammate Lewis Hamilton still managed to qualify fourth, albeit almost a second off the pace of the runaway Red Bulls.<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry about that,” Button’s engineer told the 30-year-old during his slowing-down lap at the end of Q2.<\/p>\n
The Briton told the BBC: “This morning the car felt really good.\u00a0 I personally think there’s something wrong, the car was undriveable.”<\/p>\n
There were no such problems at Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel a tenth faster than his teammate Mark Webber, and both notably faster than Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari in third.<\/p>\n
Pole sitter Vettel’s morning nose failure did not reoccur in qualifying, team boss Christian Horner smiling that the German “got away with it”.<\/p>\n
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