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McLaren demotes Force India, but loses podium shot

McLaren had something to celebrate at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday after the results boosted the British team to fifth in the constructors’ championship but rued the chance to feature on the podium for the first time this season. Jenson Button finished the race in sixth place but reckoned he could have been fighting Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton for third place had the team got its strategy right. 'Our aim was to fight for podium. We didn't quite do that but we were fighting at the front and finished just 13 seconds off third,' the 2009 world champion was quoted saying by the BBC. With ten laps remaining, Button was in third place but McLaren called him for a fresh set of tyres...
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