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Lauda: I say to Ron pay Button the money

Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda suggests the uncertainty about Jenson Button's future is all about money. Until now, it has been rumoured the 35-year-old veteran's deliberations have been about his lost 'joy' amid McLaren-Honda's struggles, and the realisation that the team's recovery might take too long. But earlier, a story circulated that McLaren and Button are simply arguing over a scheduled $4 million pay-rise in his existing deal. Lauda, a former McLaren driver and now Mercedes' team chairman, told the British broadcaster BBC at Suzuka: 'I said to Jenson yesterday ‘Fight your fight with Ron Dennis over money, because it is always the same'. '‘But then stay, because if you go,...
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