Button starring in the desert

After setting the third fastest time in FP2 in Sakhir on Friday, Jenson Button said this was the “best day for a couple of years”. Still, that probably does equal winning the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix during his championship-winning campaign with Brawn GP.

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