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Top Gear switch for Button was on the cards
Jenson Button has admitted he came close to leaving Formula 1 in order to join the new lineup on the BBC motoring programme Top Gear in 2016. Amid rumours the 2009 world champion was considering his future at McLaren-Honda last year, the Daily Mail newspaper claimed Button, 36, was simultaneously 'in talks with the BBC'. Button appeared this week on the BBC Radio 2 programme hosted by Chris Evans, who is Top Gear's new main presenter. He asked the driver: 'When will we know this season as opposed to last season if you're definitely able to host Top Gear next year?' Button laughed: 'I knew that was coming.' Evans continued: 'We were close though, weren't we? We were so close, then McLaren...
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