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Button enthuses over biggest McLaren gain for a year

Jenson Button says McLaren-Honda have made the biggest step forward with its power unit for 14 months as the team began to show glimmers of good pace on the second day of the second pre-season F1 test at the Circuit de Catalunya. Another productive day for the team despite a brief mechanical issue before lunchtime, Button completed 120 laps as he got the chance to stretch the revised Honda engine in the MP4-31. Though he admits the car is down on power and straight line speed compared with its rivals, he feels McLaren has made a bigger stride at this test than it has in the last 14 months. “I would say it's the biggest improvement that I've felt with the power unit over the last 14...
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