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McLaren could drop Button for Vandoorne
McLaren have indicated they are likely to drop Jenson Button and replace him with Stoffel Vandoorne next season. Button, 36, is out of contract at the end of the year and Vandoorne, McLaren's reserve driver, is one of the hottest properties without a race seat. McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said the 24-year-old Belgian was "an integral part of McLaren-Honda's future". He added: "Any team that imagines they may be able to poach him is very much mistaken." Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is contracted to McLaren to the end of 2017 so Button and Vandoorne are essentially in competition for the remaining seat. Dennis said McLaren were "not yet ready to commit or...
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