Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da kammala kakar tare da nasara biyu a tseren biyu na karshe, McLaren a fili ya yarda da yakin neman zabe na 2013 mai wuya. Button ya gama na tara a duka, maki 39 a bayan Massa, yayin da abokin aikinsa Sergio Pérez ya gama na goma sha ɗaya. Teamungiyar ta ƙare kakar a matsayi na biyar a Gasar Masu Gina, tare da kyakkyawan sakamako na huɗu da Button ya samu a Brazil. Wannan shi ne karo na farko tun lokacin da McLaren ya kasa lashe tseren kuma a karo na farko tun lokacin da tawagar ba ta ci nasara ba. Force India ta fara kakar wasa mai karfi, tare da Paul di Resta wanda ya kammala na hudu a Bahrain da Adrian Sutil wanda ya yi rikodin na biyar a Monaco, duk da cewa aikin tawagar ya ragu sosai a lokacin rabin rabin kakar wasa, tare da maki 3 kawai da aka samu a tsere bakwai daga Jamus zuwa Japan. Koyaya, ƙungiyar ta sanya motocin biyu a cikin maki a tseren gida da kuma a Abu Dhabi
. di Resta ya kasance mai daidaituwa sosai a farkon rabin kakar, yana da'awar maki a cikin tsere shida a jere daga China zuwa Burtaniya. Teamungiyar ta gama a matsayi na shida a Gasar Masu Gina, maki 45 a bayan McLaren.