McLaren: the Button temptation

Jenson Button with Lewis Hamilton in McLaren in 2010 ? This is the theory put forward this Friday by the Daily Mail, which understands that the Woking team wishes to enlist the services of the new world champion to form an English-style “dream team”. McLaren would use the financial argument to convince Button, who made big sacrifices in terms of salary at the start of the year to allow Brawn GP to survive.

During the season, Jenson Button, then leader of the world championship, expressed his desire to see his salary return to normal for the second year of existence of Brawn GP, ​​a team bought by Ross Brawn from Honda for a symbolic book.

Vodafone, which sponsors McLaren to the tune of 50 million pounds per year, has not officially commented on the information. But a source close to the matter told the Daily Mail that “any team would like to have two world champions in their ranks”.

For his part, Martin Whitmarsh, team manager of the Woking team, did not go into details for the driver who will succeed Heikki Kovalainen as Lewis Hamilton's teammate. “We have spoken to a number of pilots. But it would not be appropriate to say more at the moment. We will hire the two best drivers available as we have always done. »

It remains to be seen whether Jenson Button is available, he who has repeatedly renewed his attachment to Brawn GP (then BAR-Honda), having joined the team of Brackley in 2003. But the financial argument, which is not Ross Brawn's strong point currently, could play a role in the British playboy's decision.