The only time he was ever in a car capable of winning the championship, he won it. Immensely talented driver and a gentleman, but suffered tremendously bad fortune in regard to career moves. All the best, Andrew.
A talented driver and a charismatic decent bloke with a good sense of humour. Qualities that seem to be in short supply on the grid. I will miss him.
+1 +1 One of the "good guys". Apart from that one!.... Hanging in there after Honda pulled the plug was the best thing he ever did! [What other choices did he have maybe another Q?] I may be wrong, but I don't see him back for another miserable season at McSputter. I can see him going to sports cars with his buddy Mark. Cheers, Ian
I would be surprised if he does. Button has in the past said he wasn't interested in endurance which for him "isn't racing". He also voiced concern about safety at Le Mans because of the disparity of talents and the different categories mixing on the track. Webber is different; he tasted sport cars before he got to F1.
His statement is correct, total the points of all three years. While if you look at each individual year, there were two years Hamilton beat Jenson, it was by such a tiny margin, that the large margin of the one year Jenson beat Hamilton, gives more total points to Jenson over the three years. Mathematical tidbits in wording at play.
It's hard to say. Brawn (Mercedes) went through a dry spell from 2010 to 2013, and only became competitive somewhere last year. Mclaren, at that point of time, were rather strong. I don't blame Button for his decision. IMO, it's bloody Honda that keeps coming back to haunt him..
I'm not the biggest Jenson fan, but I do like and respect him. 16 years in, he has nothing left to prove, I'd much rather see him retire. I keep thinking about Justin Wilson, not that he was near retirement, but he was 37 - hindsight is 20/20, but...
Jensen loves Japan and they love him back. It wouldn't surprise me if he announces there this weekend.
+1 Seems that's his plan. As already noted, I too would like to see him return, but I suspect he's had enough of trundling around at the back at this stage of his career. Cheers, Ian
But with all the big boys from the management team present, i think it's for a contract extension. Me thinks either one final year, or additional 1 more year option.
True, and his personality doesn't lend itself to the kind of self-promotion that seems to be required in the modern era.
Unless he wants to put up the ante, I cannot see what Jenson Button is playing at by not revealing his intentions for 2016. Maybe he is restricted by contract to announce unilaterally his retirement? Or does he tries to extract more money from McLaren? Does her just play the media at their own game, by spreading rumours to fool everyone?
Autosport is now reporting that Dennis regrets not discussing Button's future with him sooner and "the veteran driver now appears likely to remain in Formula 1" presumably with McLaren.
After today's outbursts, Alonso is at least 50% out the door... Thing is Button doesn't need them as much as they need button. Without a world champion driver, McLaren will find it even harder to get the sponsors they badly need. Let's face it, they are last only to marussia. Even Sauber is more worthy of sponsors right now. Bernie must be terrified...
How does McLaren expect to attract/retain sponsors for next year whilst letting the driver line up is so uncertain? They should come out, quash the rumours and announce their intentions, unstead of letting the media speculate and their drivers dropping hints all the time. I am amazed about the Mclaren management nowadays. It's not the Ron Dennis of 10 years ago, and Eric Boullier doesn't seem to control anything. Strange ...
McLaren in meltdown as Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso refute claims they have decided to stay McLaren in meltdown as Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso refute claims they have decided to stay - Telegraph McLaren were in complete meltdown on Sunday as Ron Dennis insisted Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso would stay for next season, only for both drivers to flatly contradict their team boss. Despite the McLaren chairmans unequivocal declarations, and his belief that he has persuaded Button to perform a dramatic U-turn on his decision to retire, it is conceivable that both the 35-year-old and Alonso could leave the team at the end of the year.
