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Button: I just went backwards at end

– Jenson Button has blamed significant tyre-degradation issues for his failure to score points in the United States Grand Prix.The McLaren driver had hauled himself back into the points after having to start 12th due to a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.However, as the race moved into its final few laps he was unable to hold on to eighth and slipped back to where he had started."I just went backwards," Button said."It is unusual for our car to suffer tyre degradation as damaging as we did in the race, and I experienced particularly significant issues with the rears."Their surface temperatures were getting really hot, yet their core...
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