Choosing between Button and Magnussen
If McLaren can sign Fernando Alonso for 2015, it will have to decide which of its current drivers to drop. EDD STRAW agonises over how he would approach this difficult problem
If Fernando Alonso does race for McLaren-Honda in 2015, it will force the team into making a very difficult decision, one that will inevitably be harsh on whoever is on the wrong side of that choice.
But life isn't fair. If McLaren does have to drop one of Jenson Button or Kevin Magnussen, it won't be an easy call.
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