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Button and Alonso struggle in Honda homecoming

McLaren duo Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso did not have as smooth an opening day of practice as they might have hoped on Friday ahead of their engine supplier Honda's home Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who placed ninth fastest in the opening 90 minutes before improving to eighth, described his day as tough after struggling to find the optimal set-up on his car to tackle the flowing twists of the Suzuka circuit. 'We are not yet happy with the set-up,' Alonso, who spun into the barriers early in the first session, told reporters. 'We need to keep working at it a little bit tonight.' Last year's Japanese race marked arguably the nadir of a bruising return to Formula One...
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