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Button: Austria retirement a precaution

– Jenson Button says his retirement from the Austrian Grand Prix was a precaution, in order to prevent long-term damage to the power unit in his McLaren.Button was running at the back after serving his penalty when he suffered an intake system sensor failure, with the team opting to retire the Briton."Nothing was broken on my car, but something was wrong – and the switch-changes didn't make any difference," he said."So the team took the decision to retire the car – we'd fitted a brand new engine this weekend, and we didn't want to unnecessarily damage it, so we decided to stop."Button added that McLaren should perform better at its home race at...
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