Button upbeat over ?step forward?

A new suite of aerodynamic upgrades have allowed McLaren to make a 'definite step forward' as it aims to kick off its championship campaign strongly with the promising new MP4-27, according to an upbeat Jenson Button. Despite a hydraulic problem limiting the Briton to just 44 laps running in the car fitted with upgrades on his final day of pre-season testing ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, Button declared himself comfortable with the car he takes into the season opener in two weeks' time. "It worked out well - the laps I actually ran in it," he said afterwards

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