Rise of Valterri Bottas puts Jenson Buttons McLaren future in doubt
Bottas has been best new F1 driver this season McLaren stalling on offering Button new contract
McLaren are keen on Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, which explains why they have been stalling on offering veteran Jenson Button a fresh contract for 2015.
Honda, who will be supplying McLarens engine next year, are desperate for the team to make a marque signing. But McLaren, languishing in sixth place in the constructors championship before Sundays Hungarian Grand Prix, do not have quite the pulling power they once had. That means any hopes they have of signing Fernando Alonso from Ferrari, or Sebastian Vettel from Red Bull or, even more outlandishly, of bringing Lewis Hamilton back from Mercedes look doomed to failure.
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