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Vandoorne gains McLaren 2017 race seat while Button takes sabbatical
McLaren chief Ron Dennis has announced that Jenson Button will be taking a sabbatical from Formula 1 in 2017 and revealed that reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne will replace him. Despite Button signing a two-year contract extension with the Woking outfit, it is said that the Brit will evaluate his options again when his teammate Fernando Alonso makes a decision on his future at the end of next season. While on his sabbatical, the Brit will take up an Ambassador role at McLaren while Vandoorne attempts to prove his worth in the sport alongside Alonso in 2017. Dennis said it was an easy decision to promote Vandoorne, who already made his debut for them in Bahrain earlier in the year, because...
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