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Button admits grid penalty "hurts" after making Q3
Jenson Button says getting a grid penalty for his one-off Formula 1 comeback at the Monaco Grand Prix “hurts” after he made it into Q3 in qualifying. The 2009 world champion, who is filling in at McLaren while Fernando Alonso races at the Indianapolis 500 this weekend, was ninth fastest on Saturday, but he already knew he had a 15-place grid penalty after Honda changed the turbocharger and MGU-H on his engine. As engine-related grid penalties apply to the car, and not the driver, Button suffered because Alonso has already had to use so many new elements of his power unit this year. "It doesn't matter how many races you've done or not, it still hurts," said Button. "They...
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