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Alonso: Button DNS underlines McLaren work in progress

Fernando Alonso confirmed that McLaren still has a lot of work to do to return to the front of the f1 field after team-mate Jenson Button was forced to miss Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. The Briton failed to set a time in qualifying on Saturday evening and, despite his crew getting the #22 Honda-powered MP4-30 rebuilt in time for the race, data from the ERS when the car was fired up suggested that it may not last long into the 57-lap encounter and the decision was taken, reluctantly, to withdraw the 2009 world champion before he even set off for the grid. Alonso, meanwhile, converted a promising 14th on the grid into eleventh at the chequered flag – McLaren's second such result in four...
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