 McLaren finished the season ninth in the World Counstructors ' Championship with twenty @-@ seven points , nine points behind their nearest rivals Sauber . The MP4 @-@ 30 scored points in five of its nineteen starts , with a best result of fifth place in Hungary ; the race was also the only time in which both cars finished inside the points . Jenson Button was the team 's best points scorer with sixteen points to Alonso 's eleven , though Alonso scored the team 's best individual race result in Hungary and qualifying performance , with eleventh in the United States . The result marked Button 's worst individual season since driving for Honda Racing F1 in 2008 , and Alonso 's worst since his début season with Minardi in 2001 . 
