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Jenson Button's testing delayed by hydraulic issue

McLaren's Jenson Button has had his afternoon testing program delayed by a hydraulic issue on his McLaren. The British driver has put in 51 laps over the course of Wednesday's test day in Barcelona; his best time of 1:26.919 is good enough for P10 at the time of writing. However, Button has only been able to put in a handful of the laps in the afternoon session due to a break down in the pits. Coming in and appearing to head for his pit box, the sick sounding McLaren instead drove through the pits but stopped at the exit. With smoke starting to come out of the back of the car, Button shut the car down and hopped out. Fire extinguishers attacked a small fire at the rear of the car, and...
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