Hey McLaren, sign Button as teammate for Alonso, Magnussen reserve

"Gated Manual" (gatedmanual)
12/04/2014 at 13:56 • Filed to: FORMULA 1, F1, MCLAREN, BUTTON, ALONSO

This is getting silly, McLaren has the new Honda Engine for 2015, Have Button paired with Alonso. He's worked with Honda before, probably speaks fluent Japanese and has 15 years of F1 experience, Make Magnussen a reserve driver for a year. It'll work. Try it.

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DISCUSSION (11)

McMike > Gated Manual
12/04/2014 at 13:58

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GhostZ > Gated Manual
12/04/2014 at 14:01

I doubt Alonso would be willing to sign a contract for a price that McLaren considers even close to reasonable.

titsinmymitts > Gated Manual
12/04/2014 at 14:05

KMAG has made statements that he will not stay in F1 if he can't get in a competitive seat. He'd prefer to go to WEC instead of being a reserve driver.

titsinmymitts > GhostZ
12/04/2014 at 14:06

Alonso is without a doubt moving to McLaren. It's the other teammate that's in question.

GhostZ > titsinmymitts
12/04/2014 at 14:15

Oh, thanks for the clarification. I hadn't heard that yet and didn't do the research, obviously.

Still, after some wikipedia surfing, what's up with that? Button is proven, Magnussen is still a twerp.

My guess is it will come down to how risky McLaren wants to be to roll the dice on the championship.

Gated Manual > titsinmymitts
12/04/2014 at 14:17

Bummer, yea he's had a season of mid-pack results. Its like WEC is the new cool kid on the block. Lord knows the cars are awesome.

ceanderson920 > Gated Manual
12/04/2014 at 14:27

I like JB and I think he is one hell of a driver and he probably has a few years left, but I think McLaren should sign Kmag. I think Kmag has potential and he can learn alot from Alonso. McLaren needs to think about the future, if they sign Jenson they will have two of the oldest drivers on the grid, Jenson has maybe 3 years left tops. McLaren needs a young blood (Kmag) that they can develop into a world champion, like they did with Lewis. I would love to see Jenson on the grid next year but logically I think they should go with Kmag.

Another thing that on saw in the comments on sky f1 is that someone suggested to buy marussia and use it as a development team like how red bull uses toro rossa, they than can have Kmag there and Jenson at McLaren, and they could use honda engines which would help develop them. In my mind this would work the best, but I am sure McLaren don't want to buy another team.

Gated Manual > ceanderson920
12/04/2014 at 14:35

Good points. I bet this is the exact same discussions they're having at the McLaren board meetings and why they haven't decided yet. I just realized in my opening sentence i used "silly". Well it is the "silly" season... I bet if the Abu Dhabi tests with honda went well they would have signed KMAG. Or just run a 3rd car and use all 3: ALO, BUT, MAG...

ceanderson920 > Gated Manual
12/04/2014 at 14:46

Ya the Abu Dhabi test was pretty horrible for Honda, I think they completed under 10 laps in the two days? I was also reading somewhere that Honda's new motor was putting out 1500 hp at like 15,000 rpm while still using the 100 kg of fuel, this may be complete bullshit, but if it isn't next year will be all about Honda engines instead of Merc engines.

Gated Manual > ceanderson920
12/04/2014 at 14:53

whoa, 1500... didn't they have that in the 80's where they had quali engines only good for 1-2 laps. But i can see Honda getting that much. I think Merc was so successful because they had multiple years to work on it and Ross Brawn. And of course they were able to construct the car to suit the engine. I don't think McLaren and Honda have have luxury... They basically have a month+ to get their shit together before the first test in Jerez...

My prediction is Merc will dominate in 2015 but in 2016 the others will begin to catch up somehow.

ceanderson920 > Gated Manual
12/04/2014 at 15:00

Ya the 1500 may be complete bullshit, some random commenter just said they heard that so who knows. I think Merc will win the constructors championship again but hopefully some other teams will at least be able to fight them for it. I was getting tired of seeing only lewis or nico win towards the end of the season, I want to see the Ferrari's or Williams fighting with Merc to make this next season more interesting.