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Button: Testing 2017 car in Bahrain would've been "useless"
McLaren driver Jenson Button believes he would've gained nothing from trying out the team's 2017-spec F1 car in the Bahrain in-season test ahead of his grand prix racing return in Monaco. Button stepped away from Formula 1 at the end of last year but was called up for Monaco by McLaren, replacing the Indy 500-bound Fernando Alonso. The 2009 world champion heads into the weekend without prior track experience of the faster, wider F1 cars of 2017, despite there having been an opportunity to give him a first track run with the MCL32 during the post-Bahrain GP test. But while several names in the paddock have expressed reservations over Button passing up the test chance, the Briton, who insists...
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