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Button to have development and marketing role in 2017

Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa has hailed Jenson Button as a very special driver, and insists that the McLaren driver will be a busy man next year despite ‘retiring' as Formula 1 driver. Hasegawa said, 'For Honda, Jenson is a very special driver. I was working with him more than eight years. And Jenson has so many Japanese fans. But one day, we have to accept he’s not racing.' '[The announcement] was not retirement,' insisted Hasegawa, 'Next year we have to accept he’s not the regular driver. But I’m very happy still we can have a connection with Jenson and we expect to have more chance to work with him not only at the race, on development and marketing. We can utilise Jenson...
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