Formula One: Should McLaren Keep Jenson Button and Sergio Perez in 2014?

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Published: August 16, 2013

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Scratch that. Reboot. Try again. The 2013 Formula One season is not going to register even so much as a blip in McLaren’s long, illustrious history.

That is, of course, unless it’s the start of a Williams-esque downturn in form.

But, focusing on the positives, attentions have—for a while now in Woking—diverted away from a tumultuous campaign with a difficult car and settled onto a new horizon.

With 2014 heralding in a new era in Formula 1, at the forefront of which will be the new regulations, it’s entirely understandable that McLaren—failing to get to grips with their revolutionary design for this year’s car—wanted to focus their efforts on the next few years, rather than save face over the next six months.

Should they, though, make it a total fresh start? Bump Jenson Button and Sergio Perez and breathe new life into the team, or keep the pairing the same and see what 2014 brings?

 

Button: A Known Quantity

First thing's first: Button is contracted with the team until the end of next year.

He's made no secret of his desire to see out his career at McLaren, as Autosport reported two years ago, so on a personal level has no reason to do so a year early.



Yes, the 2009 world champion has had a muted campaign, especially given he would have been a favourite over the winter before preseason testing started.

He also had a less-than-spectacular 2012 season but won brilliantly in Australia and Belgium, and in 2011, as Sebastian Vettel romped to the title, proved more than a match for Lewis Hamilton.

Furthermore, 2014-spec F1 will present an imposing challenge for every team, big and small.

Managing expectations is one thing but going racing with a grid of unknown quantities as the new-look cars bed themselves in throws up all manner of uncertainties and shocks; j...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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