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Button down in 17th as McLaren struggle at home

RESULTS: Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying results Jenson Button says the Japanese Grand Prix is turning out to be 'trickier than expected' as the British driver failed to get beyond Q1 around the home venue for McLaren engine supplier's Honda. Looking to impress in front of fans at the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit, Button had struggled in free practice and would prove simmlarly off the pace when it mattered in qualifying as he was bumped down to 17th on the timesheets. With Fernando Alonso himself only 15th on the grid (worse the 12th and 14th they started in 2015), Button admits that while McLaren had expected Suzuka to represent a challenge, he admits he is having a tougher weekend in...
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