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McLaren is scary to drive, says alarmed Button

Jenson Button has called on McLaren to discover why he experienced the 'scariest' 30 laps of his career as he battled to bring his car home in the Spanish Grand Prix. The Englishman slipped from his 14th place starting position to finish a distant 16th in a race characterised by a lack of rear grip at both low and high speed. Spending much of his race on the team radio attempting to rectify the issue, Button says the car would 'snap' suddenly in the high-speed turns, yet would also get wheel-spin when coming out of the slower corners, an experience the former champion found alarming. “It was pretty scary to drive,” he said. “Touch the throttle, it just snapped. I am sure there is...
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