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Button baffled by radio penalty

After receiving a penalty for receiving radio instructions that were deemed against FIA regulation, Jenson Button defended himself by saying that it was a safety concern. The incident Button was penalised for rooted from a brake problem the former World Champion was suffering from during the early stages of the Hungarian Grand Prix. When Button questioned the problem, his race engineer said:  'Do not shift, we have lost hydraulic pressure'. When the Brit heard that he was getting a drive-through penalty, he wasn't very impressed: 'So the brake pedal going to the floor is not classed as a safety issue? Interesting.' After the race, Button went onto elaborate on the issue and revealed...
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