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McLaren duo look to exploit possible rain

– Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso both feel that rain will provide McLaren with its best chance of a strong result at the Austrian Grand Prix.Button and Alonso finished 10th and 11th in their Honda-powered MP4-31s in Friday's second practice session, over a second off the pace.Button admits that making it through to the final stage of qualifying is unlikely in the dry, but drew encouragment from his wet-weather pace in FP2."We used all three types of dry-weather compound today – I still think it's a bit up-in-the-air about which tyres will be best in the race," he said."Then, on the Inters, we were one of the quickest cars, which was a positive."There are a...
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