Button: “No reason to be anywhere else”

Jenson Button officially announced to our British colleagues at Autosport that he intended to end his career at McLaren. World champion in 2009 at Brawn GP, ​​he succumbed to calls from McLaren who then saw the opportunity to bring together the last two world champions in the same team.

The Briton absolutely does not seem to regret his choice. Joining a world-renowned structure is even the culmination of his career, so much so that today he cannot be seen anywhere else. “When I finish flying here, I will no longer fly in F1, says Jenson Button to our colleagues atMotorsport. I am very happy at McLaren. I want to enjoy the races and I'm really happy to spend my time here. I see no reason to be elsewhere. I drive for one of the best teams in the world. This is a situation that many other drivers would like to experience and I have worked very hard to achieve it. Can I still be here for three years, for five years? I don't know. »

Such a speech rather surprised the team director, Martin Whitmarsh, making the renegotiation of Jenson Button's contract all the easier. “If Jenson says he is fully committed and wants to do more than x years, then I am confident we can reach an agreement quickly, He says. He’s a tremendous asset to the team. »