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“Button will always be McLaren family”
McLaren's racing director Eric Boullier says despite the team ending its partnership with Jenson Button the British driver will remains part of the squad’s “family” having been a “brilliant driver and ambassador”. After McLaren confirmed Lando Norris would step up as its reserve and third driver from 2018, Button’s partnership with the Woking-based team will come to an end having joined in 2010 as reigning F1 world champion from Brawn GP. Having stepped down as a full-time F1 driver at the end of 2016, taking up the back-up role behind Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne this season, Button will now leave McLaren to pursue other racing commitments with the British driver...
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