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Old 23 Sep 2016, 07:20 (Ref:3674482)   #76
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I wonder someone doesn't press him to stay.
It's OK Baub, I can see what you've done there. (I think everyone else is taking this far too seriously...)
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Old 23 Sep 2016, 11:18 (Ref:3674520)   #77
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Old 10 Apr 2017, 07:56 (Ref:3725223)   #78
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I see where Jenson has been disqualified for speeding............. on his bicycle!

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Old 10 Apr 2017, 10:29 (Ref:3725268)   #79
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Old 16 Apr 2017, 17:22 (Ref:3727138)   #80
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Welcome back Jense for Monaco. I hope you do well there.
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Old 17 Apr 2017, 20:31 (Ref:3727406)   #81
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any word why JB is not slated to run in this weeks test?
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Old 17 Apr 2017, 20:49 (Ref:3727413)   #82
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any word why JB is not slated to run in this weeks test?
I had to look around to see if I could find an answer. Here is what I dug up...

http://www.racer.com/f1/item/139606-...-not-be-useful

Short version, they want Oliver Turvey (who apparently does the simulation work) to correlate his experience in the real car with the simulator. That they feel Jensen is fit, already has enough overall experience, including cars that were faster than the 2016 cars.

I can see the benefit to both arguments (Turvey vs. Button). Given they likely will NOT be fighting for points, I can see why the decided to look more toward longer term development vs. trying to ensure JB has a better Monaco experience by getting familiar with the 2017 car in advance of the Monaco race weekend. I guess that is what free practice and qualifying is for!

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Old 17 Apr 2017, 22:14 (Ref:3727427)   #83
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Thanks for finding an article on it Richard.

makes total sense.
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The '17 McLaren Honda isn't any quicker than Mr Button's bicycle is it, and certainly doesn't seem to have that level of reliability...



Still would have thought it important to put Mr Button in the old slowpoke, to get his feedback about the chassis/engine/colour/something...

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Old 18 Apr 2017, 10:38 (Ref:3727520)   #85
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any word why JB is not slated to run in this weeks test?
I cannot get my head around why on earth he is not at least doing half a day....
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Old 18 Apr 2017, 10:51 (Ref:3727523)   #86
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I cannot get my head around why on earth he is not at least doing half a day....
According to Boullier, he was given the opportunity, but JB declined. Chose the simulator instead. Probably figured he'd get more miles on the simulator than the real deal. And he was right. McLaren has only done 2 laps so far at the test currently underway.

JB has a contract to fill in for McLaren when requested. He had to do it. I get the feeling JB is not that ecstatic to drive at Monaco. Happy to, but not ecstatic.
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Old 18 Apr 2017, 11:15 (Ref:3727528)   #87
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McLaren has only done 2 laps so far at the test currently underway.
Though he wouldn't have shared a day with Turvey as Button counts as a current driver.
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Old 18 Apr 2017, 13:36 (Ref:3727560)   #88
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Still would have been better to put Jense in the car beforehand. Being in the sim is all well and good, but the body has different experience actually in the car
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Old 19 Apr 2017, 18:56 (Ref:3727830)   #89
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So it ended up being a bit of a moot point. They had Turvey scheduled for day one and Vandoorne for day two. They had problems day one, so Turvey only ran a total of 17 laps. Assuming they would have had Button in the same place and kept the the same schedule (one driver per day) he wouldn't have had much running time.

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Old 19 Apr 2017, 22:27 (Ref:3727874)   #90
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But they managed 50 laps today...
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JB has a contract to fill in for McLaren when requested. He had to do it. I get the feeling JB is not that ecstatic to drive at Monaco. Happy to, but not ecstatic.
Jonathan Neale says my comments above are not true. Button is not only happy, he's also ecstatic to drive at Monaco.

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The only good thing is that the power deficit shouldn't matter so much at Monaco
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Webber is beginning to develop a reputation of saying debatable or outright untrue things. I think JB will show well next weekend.
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It was nice to see him relaxed in the press conference. He listened intently to the other drivers too. He isn't expecting anything but he will give it hell because it's essentially his home race.
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I love the way it has worked out for the people who watch the sport to see the Brit character come back in the Monaco Grand Prix
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