Jenson Button has admitted he expects McLaren to struggle to reach the top-ten shoot-out in Saturday's qualifying session for the season-opening Australian GP. Although McLaren were expected to start the season still in the process of understanding and mastering the revolutionary MP4-28, Friday's practice sessions found the team to be in far worse shape than expected with neither Jenson Button nor new team-mate Sergio Perez able to match the pace of Mercedes, Ferrari, Lotus or the seemingly-dominant Red Bulls. With team boss Martin Whitmarsh describing Friday as "one of the toughest days" he had ever experienced, McLaren already appear to be in damage-limitation mode ahead of a...
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