Fernando Alonso thinks McLaren's performance at Silverstone so far is proof of the steady progress being made by the team.
Alonso continued McLaren's recent good Saturday form by securing the team's fifth Q3 appearance in six attempts, qualifying tenth for tomorrow's British Grand Prix. His impressive performance came after regularly being in the top ten in the weekend's practice sessions.
The Spaniard thinks McLaren has simply built on the strength of recent weekends.
Asked if Silverstone represented a sudden turning point in McLaren's season, Alonso said: "I think it's been positive and strong for us. Obviously it's a circuit that is demanding on car efficiency, power, on everything. So far, we have been more or less consistent in the top 10 in all sessions, so that's positive news.
"That's probably the trend that we have seen in the last two months that we keep improving race after race. That's positive but I don't think that's a grand prix different point from now on. It's just continuing to be consistent."
Honda has introduced a power upgrade for Silverstone and Alonso is confident of some "good battles" on Sunday as the team continues to find performance from the car.
Asked if a strong race was in store, the Spaniard said: "I think so. I think the situation on the grid order and the strategies will be a little bit of a mix tomorrow with the people starting in the top ten and the people not, so I think we can see some good battles tomorrow and hopefully we can be in the points with both cars at the end of the race and keep this positive trend."
McLaren's recent form has been overshadowed slightly by reliability issues, something Alonso's teammate Jenson Button has put down to the team pushing the limits of the car. Alonso hopes to bounce back from his recent frustrations with a top-ten finish.
"Obviously I've missed being in the points in the last few races with some reliability issue. I didn't finish in Baku, I didn't finish in Austria, and in Canada we were P11 with not very competitive pace so hopefully tomorrow we can come back on that road."