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Button hit with grid penalty – if he races again

When, or if, Jenson Button races in Formula 1 again he will face a three-place grid penalty for crashing into Pascal Wehrlein in Monaco. Button and Wehrlein crashed in Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix when the McLaren driver, back in F1 in a one-off appearance, tried to pass down the inside at Portier. He made contact, flipping Wehrlein's Sauber onto its side where it came to a rest against the barriers. Both drivers retired. The stewards' statement read: “Having reviewed all the angles of video, the Stewards concluded that Wehrlein was on the racing line, and that the move Button made was unlikely to result in a clean pass. “The Stewards did not consider the consequences of the collision,...
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