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Mixed grid 'better for the whole sport' - Button

 XPB Images Jenson Button says Mercedes' struggles which saw it unable to fight for pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix are "better for the whole sport". Mercedes came in to the Singapore weekend having dominated qualifying since the start of 2014, only failing to be on pole position on one occasion in that period. However, Sebastian Vettel took pole by over half a second on Saturday and was 1.5s clear of Lewis Hamilton in the lead Mercedes. Button points to his own struggles at one race with Brawn in 2009 as an example of how a track and tyre combination can hurt a team, but he says the end result is just what F1 needed. "I remember when I won the world...
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