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Button underrated for beating Hamilton ‘fair and square'
Daniel Ricciardo has named Jenson Button as one of his underrated Formula 1 drivers predominantly because of his performances against Lewis Hamilton in 2011. The two British World Champions spent three seasons together at McLaren-Mercedes and Ricciardo, in a diary entry shared via his social media channels, feels the 2011 season where Button outscored Hamilton by 270 points to 227 was the time when we saw the 2009 champion at his very best. 'How can a World Champion be underrated?' Ricciardo said. 'Well…hear me out. 'Jenson had some big years in F1, but I think 2011 when he was team-mates with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren and beat him fair and square – that's no easy feat as we...
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