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No team orders, say McLaren

McLaren made clear on Monday that they did not issue any team orders to prevent another wheel-banging clash between Jenson Button and Sergio Perez during Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. Team chief Martin Whitmarsh, who also denied weekend claims that he was considering resigning after the team's poor start to the season, said that Mexican Perez was told to slow and preserve his tyres in the final stages of the race. But he said this was only to ensure he finished and had nothing to do with any fears that me might launch another attack on Button, the 2009 champion, in the closing laps. The pair finished eighth and ninth in the first European race of the season three weeks after their battle...
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