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Button to replace Alonso at Monaco GP

– McLaren has confirmed that 2009 World Champion Jenson Button will return to a race seat for the Monaco Grand Prix, in place of Indianapolis-bound Fernando Alonso.Button, 37, stepped back from a Formula 1 race seat for 2017, though remained contracted to McLaren as an ambassador.It was announced on Wednesday that Alonso will participate in a one-car McLaren team at the Indianapolis 500, meaning that he would miss the clashing Monaco Grand Prix.No replacement for Alonso was announced in the immediate aftermath but McLaren has now confirmed that Button, victorious at the event in 2009, will return for next month's street race.More to follow.
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