Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapono ana a Jenson Button ka wero atu a McLaren i te mana o Mercedes ahakoa e rua nga kapa kei nga pito rereke o te whanui tere i tenei wa. Ko McLaren me te kaiwhakarato hiko hou a Honda i whakaitihia i te wa whakatuwhera o te wa nui i Ahitereiria i te timatanga o tenei marama. Kua kore te kapa i nga ratonga o te hoko ingoa nui a Fernando Alonso i muri i te wharanga a te Paniora i te aitua whakamatautau i Barcelona. I te wā o te whakataetae, kāore a Kevin Magnussen i tae ki te rārangi tīmatanga nā tētahi take i pā ki te wae hiko i kaha ai te Dane taitamariki ki te whakamutu i te porowhita whakatū. Ka ngingi a Jenson Button ki te mano i mua i te whakataetae tuatahi o te tau i Ahitereiria. He pai te tere o McLaren i Melbourne... I mutu a Button i te tekau ma tahi, e rua nga huringa i muri i te toa a Lewis Hamilton. I kite a Button i te haki haki, i whakaahuahia i taua wa ko te 'wikitoria iti', ahakoa i mutu i nga huringa e rua i muri i te toa o te whakataetae a Lewis Hamilton i te 11th me te waahi whakamutunga. Ahakoa te tūnga kore o McLaren e anga atu ana ki te Malaysian Grand Prix o te Rātapu, ka kitea e tētahi Pātene pai he tūmanako kei te āhuarangi. 'He tino tawhiti te tawhiti, engari e whakaaro ana ahau kei a matou tetahi mea ka taea e matou te hanga i tetahi mea tino motuhake i roto i te heke mai, he mea tino whakaongaonga,' e kii ana a Button. 'Ko te 1.5 hēkona i muri i te tere me te mohio kua eke koe ki te tihi me to putea, me mamae. 'I te mea he iti rawa o te tumanako ka taea e tatou te wero i a Mercedes i tetahi ra.' I te pātai ki te whakaaro i muri i tana whakapono, ka whakahoki a Button: 'Ko te aronga ki te motokā i runga i te aerodynamics, engari ano hoki me te kaha o tenei miihini, koinei te take i nui ai o maatau take. 'I roto i te maha o nga huarahi - he kino pea mo au ki te korero - he rite pea ki a Mercedes i te mea ko nga kaihanga e rua (Ferrari me Renault) i runga i te hoahoa, te riri me te kohinga. Ka pupuhi a Lewis Hamilton i te waipiro mai i te paepae i muri i tana wikitoria i te whakataetae o Ahitereiria. I ārahi a Hamilton i tana hoa kapa a Nico Rosberg ki te kāinga i Melbourne hei...
Ko te kaihautū McLaren a Jenson Button e tūmanako ana ki te whakataetae Malaysian GP. E rua nga porowhita i muri i a ia i te toa o te whakataetae a Lewis Hamilton i Melbourne. Engari e whakapono ana a Briton ka taea e McLaren 'te wero i a Mercedes i tetahi ra'