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Massa puzzled by Button not testing before Monaco

Felipe Massa does not understand why Jenson Button will not test McLaren’s 2017 Formula 1 car before standing in for Fernando Alonso at the Monaco Grand Prix next month. Button was confirmed as Alonso’s replacement for Monaco, when his former teammate will race at the Indianapolis 500 instead, and the Brit was given the option to drive in next week’s post-Bahrain GP test. However, the 2009 world champion told the team that he would prefer to concentrate on running Monaco in the simulator, as the two tracks are so different, so Oliver Turvey and Stoffel Vandoorne will do the test instead. “It’s nice to have him back,” said Massa when asked about Button by Motorsport.com....
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