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Vandoorne: Button presence no pressure

Stoffel Vandoorne will finally make the full-time jump to F1 next season, and insists that having the man he replaces looking over his shoulder adds no additional pressure to the already high-profile job of hauling McLaren-Honda back to relevance. The Belgian was confirmed as Fernando Alonso's 2017 team-mate at the Italian Grand Prix, but McLaren also announced that Jenson Button, the Spaniard's current on-track partner, would be remain onboard as an 'ambassador', with the possibility of returning to the cockpit in 2018. While any return would most likely come in place of Alonso – who has made clear that he would walk away from F1 if the next generation of cars fails to excite him –...
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