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McLaren: It’s been a stressful few days

As expected, that was a tough afternoon for McLaren-Honda. Both drivers made strong starts – Jenson Button jumped five cars on the first lap, and ran as high as ninth in the opening laps. However, he was soon passed by a number of faster cars, eventually settling into 15th position. A late retirement from another car elevated him to 14th at the end. Fernando Alonso ran the opposite strategy to Jenson, starting on the Prime [tyre] before switching to the Option. He too made a strong start, scrabbling through into 12th, but again was thereafter powerless to avoid slipping down the order. Just as he was about to begin dicing with Jenson, he suffered an electrical control board issue, which...
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