Jenson Button’s F1 future left dangling by dithering McLaren
Sebastian Vettel has switched to Ferrari but British driver goes into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix still in the dark about next season• Vettel to Ferrari as Alonso heads for McLaren
The buildup to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was meant to be all about Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg but instead the bandwagon has been taken over temporarily by Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, whose switch to Ferrari was confirmed on Thursday.
Vettel, Alonso and Button sat alongside each other at a press conference shortly after it was announced Vettel was leaving Red Bull to take Alonso’s place at Ferrari, with the Spaniard poised to move back to McLaren. Little wonder Button looked rather sad in their company, with the British driver aware his days at the team he joined in 2009, shortly after becoming world champion, look numbered.
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