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McLaren wrong to make 'we have the best car' claims - Button
Jenson Button says McLaren hasn't lived up to the team's own expectations, having made the bold claim that their chassis could compete with the best. The Woking-based outfit often asserted last season that its MCL32 was as good a Mercedes or a Ferrari but pinned down by its under-performing Honda engine. The team's change to Renault this year has undoubtedly improved its fortunes but McLaren is still nowhere near F1's trio of front-runners. Alonso still right up there with Hamilton and Vettel - Vergne For Button however, his former team should have refrained from creating unrealistic expectations. "The three big teams, it's difficult to challenge them at the moment and it's going to...
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