It seemed that Button was on the verge of signing for McLaren, but the newspaper The Times is tonight reporting that Brawn GP have offered Button what he wanted – an £8mill deal to keep him at the team which will run under the Mercedes name next season.
It was expected that Mercedes had their driver line-up sorted for next season with many speculating that the German owners would want German drivers – with Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg favourites for the Mercedes race seats, with Jenson Button off to McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen out of F1 completely.
However earlier on today the head of Mercedes’ motorsport activities Norbert Haug hinted at ‘some surprises’ in the Mercedes 2010 line-up, and will Jenson Button staying on at the team be the surprise?
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