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Button admits finding limits of 2017 F1 cars proving tricky
McLaren returnee Jenson Button says it was tricky to find his feet with 2017’s new Formula 1 cars during Monaco Grand Prix practice on Thursday. After stepping away from F1 full-time at the end of the 2016 season, Button has been recalled by McLaren for the weekend to deputise for Fernando Alonso, who is contesting the Indianapolis 500. Button turned his last F1 laps at Abu Dhabi last November, starting practice without having driven one of the new-specification 2017 cars. While he says heading out after that absence “felt very natural to start with”, Button says understanding how to use the extra performance on offer took over in the afternoon session. “In FP1, I found my feet...
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