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Button cautious over Singapore pace

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September 17, 2010 « Hamilton moves on from Monza | »
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Jenson Button suspects the McLaren team may struggle for pace at next weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, but believes the car should work better on a slower circuit than it has done at previous races this season.

"The last time we were at a low-speed, high-downforce track was in Hungary back at the start of August," he said. "Our car wasn't particularly competitive there, and maybe we haven't had a properly representative view of the top teams' relative pace because we've just visited two high-speed circuits.

"But, equally, a lot has changed since that race in Budapest, not least, some quite hefty revisions to the rulebook regarding bodywork flexibility and, additionally, a lot of work by the engineers to ensure our car is now better suited to slower circuits."

Lewis Hamilton said he has been assured by the teams' engineers that the car will be there or thereabouts.

"It's difficult to say accurately how competitive we'll be in Singapore," he said. "If Monza most closely resembled a track like Canada, then Singapore is far closer to places like Monaco and Hungary, where we've struggled relative to the competition. But the engineers are positive that we've made some good progress, so I'm looking forward to getting out on track and sampling the changes for real."

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