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Button: Lack of pace cost us the title
Jenson Button believes it was the McLaren's lack of pace before the summer break that ultimately cost them the title.
All in all, 2012 was a disappointing year for McLaren, who finished third in the constructors' standings and had to be content with a fourth place for Lewis Hamilton and a fifth for Button in the championship.
While many would point to their reliability and pitstop problems as being more damaging to their season, the British driver doesn't agree.
"Sometimes you do get failures and you've got to rectify the issue," he said.
"But the most difficult part for us was before the summer break when we just didn't have the pace.
"The reason why we were not...
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