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McLaren confirms Button for 2016 F1 season
McLaren has brought an official end to speculation about Jenson Button's future by confirming that the former world champion will stay for 2016. Although the team had a contract with the Briton for next year, there was an option to terminate it – plus it could not force Button to stay if he wanted to retire. However, following talks between driver and team at last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, both parties have agreed that they want to continue for next year. Future thoughts Button admitted that he had given serious thought to his future on the back of a difficult 2015 campaign, but in the end decided that he was not ready to turn his back on F1. "Over the past month or so I have...
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