McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen were left to lament another scoreless weekend after toiling through 56 laps in Shanghai, complaining that the MP4-29 lacks the grip to compete with its rivals. Having scored a double podium and topped the constructors' table after the opening round of the 2014 F1 season in Melbourne, McLaren has quietly slipped backwards, posting a double DNF in Bahrain two weeks ago and now failing to trouble the scorers after finishing eleventh and 13th on the road in China. Despite having the all-conquering Mercedes V6 powering them, neither driver made the final phase of qualifying in the wet on Saturday, and rarely got close enough to contemplate...
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