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McLaren loses strategic gamble

tlinkhighlight" href="/teams/5/mclaren">McLaren chose to gamble on strategy in Singapore with the hope of securing its first podium of the 2014 season.A mid-race safety car prompted a change in strategy for both Jenson Button and teammate Sergio Perez, leaving both drivers with a 36-lap stint at the end of the race. It proved a strategy neither driver could make work.'I don't know how we thought we were going to do 35 laps on a set of tyres,' said Button after the race. 'I suppose Kimi did but for us we were really struggling with traction.'As the race wore on for a time it looked as though McLaren's chance of a podium could materialise as both cars ran high in the points...
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