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Button: VSC still needs some work
Jenson Button says it is going to be "very tricky" working out how the virtual safety car is going to work as drivers "can't just hit the brakes" in a race.
Friday's running in Austin saw the drivers trial the system for the first time, all taking part in virtual safety car in the wake of practice.
The system, which displays VSC on the boards, instructs drivers to slow to a pre-set delta time.
And although the test was deemed a success, Button says it can't quite work like that in a grand prix.
"It is very, very tricky," he told Crash.net. "I think when you are wheel-to-wheel and the system comes on, you can't just hit the brakes like we are now to get...
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