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Is Button leaving F1?
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 23 - 09 - 2015

SUZUKA, Japan — Jenson Button has increased speculation he is set to retire from Formula One after telling British reporters that the ‘joy' of competing was missing and he had made a decision about his future.
Media reports suggested the McLaren driver, whose wife is Japanese, was likely to announce at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix that he would be leaving Formula One at the end of the year.
“The joy of being in the car is only there if you're fighting at the front, because you feel like you're achieving something,” the 2009 world champion said after Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix.
“If you're fighting near the back, you're driving an F1 car, but you can easily get joy driving something else. The joy you get is from competing. It's about fighting at the front,” added the Briton.
“It's about the possibility of standing on top of the podium. That's the joy of F1.”
Button's words sounded markedly different to last season, when there was also considerable speculation about his future but he ended up staying while young Dane Kevin Magnussen was dropped to a reserve role.
Then, with the car still an unknown quantity, he was adamant he wanted to stay.
Magnussen would be a likely replacement if the 35-year-old does quit, although McLaren also has Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne, leader of the GP2 support series, as a rising star to accommodate.
The Honda-powered team, which has double world champion Fernando Alonso on a multi-year contract, is keen to find seats for both youngsters.
McLaren's poor performance this season will hit the team financially and although Button has an option for 2016, his staying would likely have meant being paid far less.
The last driver to win for McLaren, in 2012, has had a tough season with the team's new engine partners Honda yet to come up with a competitive power unit.
With rivals constantly improving, there are no guarantees they will be much more competitive next year.
Both McLaren drivers have languished down the field and collected multiple penalties due to repeated engine problems.
Button has scored just six points from 13 races, with his best result eighth in Monaco.
The Briton, who made his debut with Williams in 2000, has won 15 Grands Prix — eight with McLaren. He won his title with Brawn GP, now Mercedes. His 279 race starts make him the third most experienced driver of all time.
Briton charged with track intrusion
A British national has appeared in court in Singapore charged with endangering the personal safety of drivers by walking across the track during last weekend's floodlit Formula One Grand Prix.
Court documents Tuesday identified the 27-year-old man as Yogvitam Pravin Dhokia.
Drivers in Sunday's race were stunned to see the track intruder as they came around a corner, with camera footage later showing him emerging through a gap in the fence onto the racing line.
He then crossed the track and wandered alongside the barriers as cars sped past.
The safety car was deployed before the man climbed back over a barrier between turns 13 and 14.
He faced a possible jail sentence of up to six months and/or a maximum fine of 2,500 Singapore dollars ($1,765.66).
Local media reported Dhokia, whose passport was confiscated, had been offered bail of $15,000 Singapore dollars but told the court he could not pay it. — Agencies


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