Just five races into 2015, attention is already returning to the issue of Jenson Button’s future.<\/p>\n
Kimi Raikkonen may be a few months older, but 35-year-old is the oldest driver on the grid.<\/p>\n
Last year, he survived McLaren’s protracted dithering over its driver choice for 2015, but it is believed the British team signed only a one-year extension with the 2009 world champion.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the Woking outfit has two drivers knocking loudly on the door — reserve Kevin Magnussen, and the increasingly impressive McLaren junior Stoffel Vandoorne, who is the overwhelming favourite to win this year’s GP2 title wearing McLaren colours.<\/p>\n
For the moment, however, team boss Eric Boullier is quiet when it comes to 2016.<\/p>\n
“There is no plans,” he told the BBC, “no discussion so far.”<\/p>\n
However, he said it would be premature to write off Button, particularly as some have been surprised the veteran Briton is comparing well against Fernando Alonso so far in 2015 — despite a retainer some three times smaller than the Spaniard’s.<\/p>\n
“People consider Fernando as one of the best drivers and they are right,” said Boullier.\u00a0 “But it is underestimating Jenson a little bit.<\/p>\n
“Jenson is a great driver and there is a very good working relationship between them.\u00a0 From that balance you can see both are talented enough to match each other and emulate each other a little bit,” he added.<\/p>\n
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