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Button hopes Alonso 'annihilates' him this weekend

Jenson Button is hoping his own McLaren team-mate, Fernando Alonso, "annihilates" him this weekend as the Spaniard will be running an upgraded Honda power unit. Alonso won't incur a grid penalty this weekend as he tested the upgrade in Sochi during Friday practice and therefore served the necessary penalty that weekend. The Briton will continue with the same engine he used for the Russian Grand Prix and is therefore hoping Alonso shows better pace as evidence of progress at Honda. "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,"...
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