Jenson Button is hopeful his disappointing result in the British Grand Prix will be the exception rather than the rule as the 2009 Formula One season reaches its halfway stage.
After scoring six wins in the seven races held so far, the Brawn GP star could only finish sixth at Silverstone, his car struggling all weekend to get grip into its tyres in the low temperatures at the Northamptonshire circuit.
Having qualified sixth on Saturday - his worst performance of the season - the Englishman's hopes of satisfying a large and expectant crowd appeared distant at best, particularly given the ominous form shown by the Red Bull team.
And so it proved, with polesitter Sebastian Vettel leading home team-mate Mark Webber for a Red Bull one-two finish.
Button's team-mate Rubens Barrichello was third at the chequered flag as the veteran Brazilian reduced Button's lead in the drivers' championship to 23 points.
However, it was Vettel who appeared the man on the move in Northamptonshire, the 21-year-old's dominant display enabling him to take seven points out of Button's lead.
He now trails Button by 25 points, but critically his car appears to have the edge on the Brawn after the Milton Keynes-based team rolled out a raft of revisions to the RB5 for this weekend's race.
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