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Button not worried about Honda reliability after DNF

@Wri2 Jenson Button says his retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix came after his Honda power unit was pushed “a bit too far”, but remains confident engine reliability is not an issue for McLaren. The 2009 world champion was chasing team-mate Fernando Alonso for 10th place when he had to park his MP4-31 in a plume of smoke on Lap 10. This was Button’s second engine problem in Montreal after the Briton also suffered an oil leak in free practice. Reliability was one of Honda’s main weaknesses during their torrid 2015 campaign, but Button believes his DNF should not be seen as the return of past demons. “The engine just went pop, as I was coming out of the hairpin!”,...
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