Jenson Button wants more years at McLaren

Jenson Button says he wants to be at McLaren until at least 2015 so he can team up with Honda again when the Japanese company returns as engine partners to the former Formula One world champions.
The 2009 champion still does not have a signed contract for next year, although both sides have made clear they want to continue together and Button has said he intends to see out his F1 career there.
Talks have focused on the length of the extension with Button thinking well beyond next year, when McLaren will still be powered by Mercedes and a new V6 engine is introduced in a major shake-up of the rules.

‘I want to be here in 2015. That is an important year, I think,’ the 33-year-old told reporters ahead of an Italian Grand Prix at which the team will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their founding by New Zealander Bruce McLaren.  ‘I’ve worked for many years with that Japanese engine manufacturer, it will be exciting to work with them again in the future.’  Button spent six years in Honda-powered cars, first with the BAR outfit that became the Honda team, and secured his first victory in Formula One with them in Hungary in 2006.

Button, who will be the second oldest driver in the sport next season after Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen, expected McLaren to come back strongly in 2014.  ‘I am really excited about 2015 but first of all we’ve got to look to next year.’