How Button turned Saturday's silver into Sunday's gold
Qualifying is more important than ever, as McLaren proved after sweeping the front row in Melbourne and converting that into an emphatic victory on Sunday. Adam Cooper explains why, with help from the team's tech chief Paddy Lowe
Australia could hardly have gone any better for McLaren, and while the loss of Lewis Hamilton's second place due to sheer bad luck was a little frustrating, the big picture was very positive.
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