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Button, Alonso hope for turnaround in fortunes

After accumulating a total of more than 500 Grand Prix starts, 47 wins and three drivers’ world championships, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button deserve the respect of being genuine race-winning contenders at this weekend’s British Grand Prix. They arrived at a steaming Silverstone on Thursday as something quite different. Following a grim sequence of failures and non-finishes as the struggling McLaren-Honda team battled to find reliability and competitive pace, they were not far removed from figures of pity, fun or cruel jokes. McLaren, the team that was once a byword for smooth supremacy and cool technical elan, has spluttered to make any impact this year. Englishman Button, 35,...
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