Quote Originally Posted by Malbec View Post
Its interesting isn't it. Most likely the second driver will be decided following the resolution of power struggles at McLaren. If Dennis gets his way its probably Fernando and Button as he tries to get the two best drivers available and lets other teams train up youngsters. The problem is that Dennis hasn't fulfilled his promises of getting someone to fund his buyout of the Bahraini investors that bought their way into the team so may not be around to make that driver decision. If Honda gets their way Button may well end up being dropped as they don't rate him that highly but that depends on how Magnussen is rated within the team, whether he is seen as being able to outperform Jenson in his second F1 season consistently.
Interesting, your assessment of where Button's support lies is the opposite of what I would have thought. Ron Dennis has said some unfavourable things about him recently, giving the impression that Button doesn't have Ron's backing. While I'd expect Honda to be more keen on him given that he reputedly has a positive profile in Japan, was employed by Honda or a Honda backed team for many years previously, and is the only guy to have won a the championship in a car developed by them.