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Dennis says Button's 2018 comeback chance is genuine
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has stressed that Jenson Button's new deal should not be seen as retirement, and insisted that he has a genuine chance of racing again for the team in 2018. Button announced he will make way for Stoffel Vandoorne in the team's line-up next year, the Belgian racing alongside Fernando Alonso while the Briton takes on a development role. Alonso, who will be the most experienced driver on the grid next year, has a contract with McLaren until the end of 2017. Dennis insisted that Button, 36, had a real chance of coming back to racing if he wants. "To avoid any confusion, forget the word retirement, that is not in the vocabulary, that isn't what we're saying,"...
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