Jenson Button: “The car feels the best it has all year” Today was a day of mixed fortunes for our drivers in Abu Dhabi. It’s a mark of the progress McLaren have made this weekend that Jenson Button’s 12th position in qualifying felt like something of a disappointment – particularly after he’d posted an extremely impressive ninth-fastest time in Q1. Fernando Alonso, too, looked set to vault into Q2, having set a strong Q1 banker lap. However, on his final flying lap, he suffered a left-rear puncture, bringing his ambitions to a halt. Pirelli’s technicians have examined the tyre, and their analysis clearly shows that the cut in the sidewall was caused by an external agent....
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