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Button hopes Alonso 'annihilates' him in Austin
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Jenson Button hopes Fernando Alonso "annihilates" him in the United States Grand Prix due to a Honda power unit upgrade. Alonso took a grid penalty at the Russian Grand Prix as a result of testing a new specification of power unit, thought he didn't race it in Sochi. Alonso will race the upgraded engine in Austin while Button is still on the older specification, and as a result Button admits he is hoping his McLaren team-mate proves much quicker this weekend. "Fernando had the same spec as me in Sochi, but on Friday he put in the phase 4 and then took it back out, so it’s being used here and he has the upgraded engine here," Button said....
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