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That car is FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like all the stars could align for Mr. Button this year with a great car and no Hamilton

Meh...I don't know, I'm a Button fan myself, but a car which is only fast, and nothing else, doesn't cut it.

Let's not forget that the 2012 McLaren was in itself quite fast. 7 wins, some other potential wins thrown in the litter bin due to all kinds of faults you can think of -but as far as I remember that car was really Alpha dog in the first 5-6 races of the season. It took a nearly incredible streak of crew goof-ups, bad set-up choices, Maldonado+Grosjean, bad morale (Button included) and mechanical failures to actually miss the WCC. I still believe that it was more Mclaren that lost the WCC, rather than RBR wining it.

It's reliability and consistency which they need to work on this year. And yes, I agree completely that this is Button's best shot at his second WDC, he may not get such a front-row opportunity in the next years. With the Hamilton factor out of the way, it is clear that Button's breathing on all his lungs now.

Well, I'm cautiously optimistic, let's put it like this. After only one day of testing, there's no reason to jump off the roof, it will just make the fall more painful. For the time being, things look to be more or less in the right direction, and maybe that mechanical failure was nothing to worry about.
Geez, do I hate this period of the year. Seems like , no matter how long Bernie tries to extend the season, the winter break actually gets longer and longer.

if that is what he needs all Stars + a great car + no Hamilton

if that is what he needs all Stars + a great car + no Hamilton

Hakkattack - I'm with you. But people people always seem to forget its the combo of driver and that specific car. It's Vettel combined with the Red Bull thats the winner. Whilst Mark is a very good driver, he doesn't bond with the car as well as Vettel.

Same with Button in 2009. It wasn't JUST the Brawn, it was Jenson and the Brawn combined that was so fast. Barichello (a very good driver) wasn't able to give the results do.

It's something that drives me mad when people say JB didn't deserve the WDC. He did, because it was him, not his team mate, with that car that just worked well together.

Look who it is lurking in a Jenson Button thread.

I knew he was a fan!

Someone mentioned Hamilton and some alarms probably went off in his control centre.

if that is what he needs all Stars + a great car + no Hamilton

McLaren have no drivers under contract for 2015, but Neale made it clear that Jenson Button would be one of the team's drivers at the start of the Honda relationship if he wanted to stay.

"Jenson will drive here as long as he wants to drive here," Neale said. "He is a great guy and he's doing a really good job in some difficult times for us at the moment.

"He fits our value and our culture here really well. His comment to the workforce this morning was more a question of hoping he is still here in 2015. He's excited by the prospects as well."