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Button: Alonso a "bigger challenge" than Hamilton
McLaren driver Jenson Button reckons current teammate Fernando Alonso offers a "bigger challenge" than Lewis Hamilton in race trim. Button raced alongside Hamilton at McLaren between 2010 and 2012 and has been joined by Alonso in 2015. And while Hamilton has bolstered his trophy cabinet with two world titles in the past two seasons, Button reckons Alonso, in his experience, is a tougher teammate to have in terms of race pace. "In a race? [He's] a bigger challenge, a more consistent challenge," Button reckoned. "He's always there. "On some race days, Lewis was untouchable, on other race days - 'where is he?'. I think Lewis, I'm guessing, is a different driver...
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