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'Qualifying will be tricky' - Button

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Jenson Button says that Ferrari and Mercedes are going to give McLaren a real fight in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

McLaren has been Red Bull's closest challengers so far this season, and have even been faster than the current championship leaders in race trim at the last two races. In qualifying, however, Red Bull have always been significantly faster than anybody else, but Button highlighted Ferrari and Mercedes' DRS systems as major advantages around the low-downforce Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

"Qualifying will be pretty tricky," Button said. "I think we'll be a lot closer to Red Bull but you have got to look at what Ferrari have got with the DRS and also Mercedes. We seem to be able to use it in a lot more places than some others, but Ferrari and Mercedes can get 20km/h from their DRS, whereas a lot of teams are more like 12km/h.

"It is a massive difference around here, so in qualifying they are going to be very, very quick. They will be our biggest competitors here, which I think is a bit of a surprise to a lot of people."

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