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Button endures ‘painful’ race to only beat Manors
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Jenson Button labels his Mexican Grand Prix “painful”, as the McLaren-Honda driver only beats the Manors to finish 14th at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. This capped another very difficult weekend for the 2009 world champion, who had been plagued by poor engine reliability in the build up to Sunday’s race. Starting last after a 70-place grid penalty, Button toiled at the back of the field all afternoon as the circuit’s high altitude and immense 1.2km straight exposed the most glaring flaws in the underpowered Honda engine. “Painful I think is the word,” the Briton replied when asked to describe his race. “I was on the harder [tyre] on the start but it...
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