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Button considered Toro Rosso move recalls Horner
8 March, 2013 Christian Horner with Jenson Button
McLaren's Jenson Button considered switching to Toro Rosso at the end of the 2008 season, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has revealed.
Ultimately, after Honda announced its shock departure from the sport, Ross Brawn led a management buy-out of the Brackley based team, and Button went onto become 2009 world champion.
But before the Brawn rescue deal materialised, Button's management was scrambling for a seat.
'Last minute he got a deal but I remember his management were asking us whether even Toro Rosso had a drive,' Horner is quoted by the Daily Mail.
Horner made the comments whilst admitting Button, 33, has impressed him 'enormously'...
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