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Button against efforts to mix up F1 grid

McLaren driver Jenson Button has insisted that Formula 1 should not be trying to artificially mix up the grids for its races, saying that the fastest cars should continue to line up at the front. The push towards a mixed grid has been cited as the reason behind the universally unpopular elimination qualifying and, while that format has been abolished, F1 continues to look for a way to change up the starting order so as to make grands prix more exciting. F1 veteran Button, however, suggests that the championship should focus on other ways of spicing up the show, instead of trying to introduce a bigger element of randomness to the grid. "Formula 1's never been like that and it shouldn't...
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