I Sepang, i whakauruhia e te kapa tētahi pūkaha hōu, i whakaritea kia tangohia e Alonso te whiu pūkaha, nāna ia i heke ki te wāhi whakamutunga i te tohu, i te wā e tūmanakohia ana kia tangohia e Button te pūkaha hōu me te whiu i Austin
He aha? I eke a Button ki te Q3, mā te whakamahi i tētahi pūkaha tawhito i te mutunga wiki katoa me te 9. Ko te motuka he whakataetae hei tuku i nga tohu taarua mo te wa tuarua me te Alonso e whakamahi ana i te miihini tawhito ki te tarai i tana huarahi ki te mutunga o te 7 o nga waahi, i te wa e noho ana a Button i te 9. Heoi, kotahi wiki i muri mai i Suzuka, ko te whakataetae kaainga a Honda, i wheako te roopu i ta raatau whakataetae tino uaua o te waa na te mea kaore nga ahuatanga o te ara i pai ki te motuka, ki te miihini ranei, ahakoa i whakamahia e nga taraiwa e rua te miihini whakahoutia mo te whakataetae, na te mea i paahitia a McLaren e te hunga rite ki a Haas, Renault, tae atu ki a Sauber. Kaore a Button i tae atu ki te Q2, i te mea ko Alonso anake te 15th, me te pooti a Button ki te tango i te miihini hou me te whiu i whakaritea mo Austin, mo nga take rautaki na te korenga o te whakataetae o te motuka mo taua whakataetae, ka tiimata te whakamutunga. Kaore he reti mai i te whakataetae mo te tau tuarua o te tau, ko Alonso me Button anake i whakahaere i te 16th me te 18th, ko o raatau tuunga whakamutunga kino (kaore i te reti) o te 2016 tae noa ki tenei wa.