The mixed weather and a gearbox issue did not play into McLaren's hands as the team set out to do a lot of running. Instead, there's only a limited set of data to work through ahead of qualifying. Jenson Button, MP4-28A-01: “I think we’re a little nearer to the front than we’ve been in the past – the times are very close – but it’ll be the usual front-running cars who set the pace this weekend. “We needed everything to be reliable today, but I only managed three laps on my high-fuel run before I had a problem with the gearbox. That was a pity because it meant we didn’t get the long-run information we were after. In fact, we had a similar issue last year, when I also had a...
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