Button may make sensational switch to McLaren and drive side-by-side Hamilton
London: The reigning F1 world champion Jenson Button has hinted at a sensational switch to McLaren next season, after talks with Brawn GP were stalled. "I have
been approached by other teams but I can't say who as that is confidential. But
it's not about money. No driver is paid a bad wage. We do what we do to win,"
The Sun quoted him, as saying. Button is looking for a 5million pounds raise from
his current 3m pounds salary. It is being said that Brawn GP will not have the
cash to meet his demands, unless Mercedes buy a 70 per cent stake in the Brackley-based
outfit. "I've started talks with Brawn, but we are not going to talk seriously
until after this weekend. My aim is to be in a car that can win races next season.
"I think Brawn have the money, they have just won the world championship. That's
worth a lot of money," he said. Button provided more fuel to speculations linking
him with McLaren and a "dream-team" partnership with Lewis Hamilton, by saying
that he wouldn't mind driving alongside his fellow Briton. "I have achieved what
I wanted to in F1 and I want new challenges. Whoever I am driving against is exciting,"
he said. "There is no one I would not go up against. There is no point in having
it easy. I didn't have it easy with Rubens Barrichello this year. He is the best
team-mate I have been up against," he added.
