– Jenson Button says McLaren-Honda is "so close" to making it through to the top 10 shootout for the first time since the parties reunited after he qualified in 12th position for the Russian Grand Prix.Button clocked a time of 1:37.701 in the second knockout session at the Sochi Autodrom, just 0.095s down on Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat, who secured the final berth in Q3.Button was encouraged by the pace of the MP4-31 despite acknowledging that he struggled with the handling of the car throughout qualifying."We were so close to getting into Q3 today – we had a good shot at it but ended up a tenth off," he said."In fact, it was so close that we were just two...
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