With just a few hours left to kick-off the inaugural Grant Park 220 at Chicago Street Course, former F1 driver Jenson Button is also set to make his second Cup Series start on Sunday (July 2).Driving the #15 Rick Ware Racing Ford in collaboration with Stewart-Haas Racing, Jenson Button was fourth among the five drivers who advanced from Group A into the final round of qualifying and then earned the eighth starting position at a speed of 88.421 mph for Sunday’s 220-mile race.He was the third-fastest in the practice session with a time of 89.734 seconds and a speed of 88.261 mph, behind Denny Hamlin and debutant Shane van Gisbergen.Stewart-Haas Racing@StewartHaasRcngThe Chicago Street Course is a new pursuit for every racer. @ChaseBriscoe_14 and @JensonButton unpack the details of street course racing and how to navigate the Windy City roads.13111The Chicago Street Course is a new pursuit for every racer. @ChaseBriscoe_14 and @JensonButton unpack the details of street course racing and how to navigate the Windy City roads. https://t.co/227sXETzayAfter Saturday’s qualifying race, Button said that he is happy with top-10 effort but he also feels that he could have finished higher a couple of more positions which he eventually failed to do in the final round of Chicago qualifying.Button said:“We’ve been fighting a tight car so for me, I’d call it understeer. I really struggled to get a lap on that one, and most people are doing the time on lap one. So, that hurts me quite a bit. It hurt me in Q1, and then in Q2, I had traffic. I can’t do the lap on the first lap, but it was starting my second lap that I had traffic.”He continued:“It was slightly annoying, so I had to do a cool down lap and then go again. Never works as well. P8 isn’t too bad. I’m pretty happy with that. I just wish we got a clean run in Q2. I would have had a couple more spots. It wouldn’t have been top-three, but it would have been a couple more spots.”Jenson Button@JensonButtonHere she is My @mobil1racing Mustang ready for the streets of Chicago for the inaugural @NASCAR Cup street race this weekend. Who’s coming? Who’s going to watch the mayhem?! 🤣#RWR #mobil1 #Nascar #cup #racing186996🚨Here she is 🚨My @mobil1racing Mustang ready for the streets of Chicago for the inaugural @NASCAR Cup street race this weekend. Who’s coming? Who’s going to watch the mayhem?! 🤣#RWR #mobil1 #Nascar #cup #racing https://t.co/e1tsKy4fBGJenson Button missed his first-ever pole position by 1.136 seconds to Hamlin, but he was the second-highest qualifying Ford driver in the lineup.Jenson Button praised NASCAR debutant Shane Van Gisbergen ahead of the historic Chicago Street race The three-time Supercars champion Shane Van Gisbergen, who is making his NASCAR Cup Series debut qualified P3 for the historic Chicago Street race. Praising Van Gisbergen, Button said:"It’s new to all of us. I think Shane [Van Gisbergen] did a really good job. First time in a Cup car, but he does have the expertise of a street circuit in a heavy car. I think he was always going to be quick. We were a bit off the pace of the top-three there, but we would have been a bit closer. It’s nice to be able to sit in the Top-10.”Catch Jenson Button in action at the Chicago Street Course for the first ever street race on Sunday.