Jenson Buttons German Grand Prix team helmed by ex-rower Tom Stallard
Race engineer Stallard won rowing silver at 2008 Olympics McLaren driver Button hopes to build on fourth at Silverstone
Jenson Button has said he is eager to begin working with his new race engineer, the former Olympic silver medallist Tom Stallard, who will partner the British driver at the German Grand Prix. The reshuffle comes as McLaren bid to build on their performance at Silverstone where Button took fourth place and team-mate Kevin Magnussen seventh.
Stallard, who won his Olympic medal in Beijing as part of the mens eight and also competed for four times for Cambridge in the Boat Race, winning twice, has been with McLaren since the Beijing Games and will replace Dave Robson who has worked alongside Button, initially as his performance engineer, since 2010 when the British driver joined the team as the world champion.
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