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Button 'lucky' in drain cover incident

– Jenson Button says he felt "lucky" to escape unharmed after his car struck a drain cover during first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.Button's McLaren-Honda suffered significant damage when it hit the cover, which had been flicked up by Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg.Race Control red flagged the session as a result, with a couple of minutes remaining, and ensured that the cover was welded down for FP2."[The drain cover] came loose and broke through my front wing, front suspension, brake duct and floor," said Button, as he recalled the incident."The mechanics did a great job to get the car ready for [the second practice session], but we've still got a long...
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