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Adapted from GMM
British newspapers say Jenson Button has been selected to be fellow champion Fernando Alonso's Honda-powered McLaren teammate in 2015.
Contrary to earlier speculation that after long deliberations the Woking team's in-house protege Kevin Magnussen would win the day, the news was reported by major publications including the Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail and Express.
The Daily Mail said it had learned of 34-year-old Button's looming new deal from "an impeccably-placed source within McLaren".
The team is expected to announce its 2015 lineup, with Spaniard Alonso returning to the team in perhaps the most lucrative deal in F1 history, during a press conference at its UK headquarters on Thursday morning.
Jenson Button, a veteran of 15 seasons in F1 and previously a works Honda driver until 2008, ultimately "settled for a heavily reduced salary", the Daily Mail added.
McLaren's new lineup has worked together before, when Alonso was Button's test driver at Renault in 2002.
British newspapers say Jenson Button has been selected to be fellow champion Fernando Alonso's Honda-powered McLaren teammate in 2015.
Contrary to earlier speculation that after long deliberations the Woking team's in-house protege Kevin Magnussen would win the day, the news was reported by major publications including the Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail and Express.
The Daily Mail said it had learned of 34-year-old Button's looming new deal from "an impeccably-placed source within McLaren".
The team is expected to announce its 2015 lineup, with Spaniard Alonso returning to the team in perhaps the most lucrative deal in F1 history, during a press conference at its UK headquarters on Thursday morning.
Jenson Button, a veteran of 15 seasons in F1 and previously a works Honda driver until 2008, ultimately "settled for a heavily reduced salary", the Daily Mail added.
McLaren's new lineup has worked together before, when Alonso was Button's test driver at Renault in 2002.
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| Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, Renault, in 2000. (Photo: WRi2) |