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Button: I was a sitting duck
Jenson Button admits there was nothing he could do during the closing stages of the British Grand Prix as he slipped to P13.
Having started Sunday's race at Silverstone in 10th place, Button appeared to be in the mix for a good haul of points after he found himself P6 following the deployment of the second Safety Car.
However, he went backwards after the restart as McLaren's decision not to pit their drivers for a third time when the Safety Car was still out backfired.
There was nothing the Briton could do as several drivers overtook him in the space of a few laps.
"When the Safety Car came out at the end, I had quite old tyres and was just a sitting duck," he said.
"I...
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