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Jenson Button's testing ends early due to hydraulic issue

McLaren's Jenson Button has had his afternoon testing program curtailed by a hydraulic issue on his McLaren. The British driver had put in 51 laps over the course of Wednesday's test day in Barcelona; his best time of 1:26.919 was good enough for P10 at the time of writing. However, Button had only been able to put in a handful of the laps in the afternoon session due to a break down in the pits. Coming in and appearing to head for his pit box, the sick sounding McLaren instead drove through the pits but stopped at the exit. With smoke starting to come out of the back of the car, Button shut the car down and hopped out. Fire extinguishers attacked a small fire at the rear of the car, and...
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