The McLaren F1 team has finally decided the two guys it wants to employ as its drivers next year, and that will be Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso. The duo will drive the McLaren MP4-30 in the 2015 F1 season while Kevin Magnussen will continue to be a part of the team as its test and reserve driver.
This is Button's 6th year at McLaren, while Fernando Alonso returns to his ex-team after a short first stint in 2007. Also, if you didn't know already, the two McLarens will be powered by Honda engines next year.
Interestingly, Jenson Button (34) and Fernando Alonso (33) will be the oldest and most experienced duo on the grid in the 2015 Formula 1 season. Fernando Alonso said, "I am joining this project with enormous enthusiasm and determination, knowing that it may require some time to achieve the results we are aiming for, which is no problem for me."
Jenson Button was equally enthusiastic and said, "Like Fernando, I am certain that McLaren and Honda will achieve great things together, and I feel sure that, working together, all of us will pull incredibly hard to create a brilliantly effective winning team."
So far the driver line-up for the teams in the 2015 F1 season looks like this:
Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat
Williams - Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari - Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren - Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button
Force India - Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez
Toro Rosso - Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr
Lotus - Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean
Sauber - Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson
