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Jenson Button hails unexpected qualifying result 'best this year'

Jenson Button has hailed his ninth place start for the Belgian Grand Prix McLaren's 'best of the season so far' despite having started third in Austria - although that was in part down to various penalties for those ahead. The Briton eased through both Q1 and Q2 to make the final top-ten shoot-out, securing ninth between the Mercedes-powered Williams cars, just 1.3 seconds down on Nico Rosberg's best time at a circuit which McLaren expected not to do so well at due its long straights. 'I’m very happy with ninth place,' he said. 'Spa is a tough circuit for our car so I don’t think we expected to get the result we did. You’ve know when you’ve done...
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