McLaren drivers annouced: Alonso and Button

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Originally Posted by Tazio

Me also, because it is common knowledge that Jessica took some naughty selfies for Fred. :eek: :p:

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Well, that explains why Freddy lobbied so hard to have Button as his teammate. And let's be honest... who could blame him?! Woof! Woof!

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Originally Posted by Tazio

I guess we know who is #1, and #2 at McLaren, at least on a subliminal level. Or am I just being paranoid? :uhoh:

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The car numbers came to me later - initially I thought you meant by who has more facial hair or by who is wearing a vest inside the jacket :p:

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

Well, that explains why Freddy lobbied so hard to have Button as his teammate. And let's be honest... who could blame him?! Woof! Woof!

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:dog: :sailor:

In terms of strength Alonso - Button seems very-very similar to Hamilton - Rosberg. In my view there is not much difference between Alonso and Hamilton in overall level, same with Rosberg and Button. So there you go.

So these two line-ups are now the joint best driver line-up on the grid. A year ago Vettel-Räikkönen would have been up there as well, but now there are a fair amount of questionmarks.

In any case, let's see if Button can fare better against Alonso than Fisichella, Massa or Räikkönen did. The plus side is that this battle takes place in McLaren and not Ferrari or Renault, which means team dynamics and car characteristics are slightly different.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Button and Alonso's team photo

http://i.imgur.com/z7mg8Py.jpg

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How time has flown. Back in 2002 there was a bit of an argument, when Alonso nicked the Renault seat from Button as Flavio considered Alonso the more talented of the two back then. Well, can't blame him!