Finally the white smoke emitted from the chimney. Well, not quite. But the prevarication had been much commented on. The matter being McLaren and its drivers for next season, which at last has been confirmed. As is often so with F1 ‘announcements’, even a highly momentous one such as this, that Fernando Alonso is Woking-bound was well known for weeks. But the other part, that Jenson Button is to be retained in the other race seat at the expense of Kevin Magnussen, was until hours before it became official a genuine surprise. Magnussen instead has to be content with being kept in cold storage as a reserve and tester, at least for a season. On the latter part it was clear what the...
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