Button Confirmed at McLaren, Kimi Gone For 2010, and Other Short Stories

In a fairly busy news day for Formula 1, McLaren have confirmed Jenson Button to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton, replacing Heikki Kovalainen to form an all-British team. It will also be the first time where the most recent world champions have been team mates. And as he has missed out on the McLaren seat, Kimi Raikkonen's manager has announced that the Finn will not be driving in 2010. He will therefore take a sabbatical year, probably do some rallying, and hopefully return to a top team for 2011. As well as this, there's also a story that a Russian investor has offered to buy out 40% of the Renault team, linking Vitaly Petrov to the second seat alongside Robert Kubica. This could explain why Timo Glock has gone to Manor, while he was the ...

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