Jenson Button has signed for McLaren, leaving winning team Brawn GP (Now Mercedes GP). Button will join fellow British former world champion Lewis Hamilton in 2010.

Rumours that Button would goto McLaren have been rife throughout the past month, with Button making a whistlestop visit to the Woking-based factory last week. Negotiations with his ex-team Brawn GP were said to not be going well, with the team unable to meet Button’s asking price. Formula1Blogger.com exclusively revealed that the visit was not a tour, as previously stated by McLaren.

Subsequently, Brawn GP were bought out by Mercedes Benz, who are known to be looking to front an all German team with Nico Rosberg and Nick Heidfeld.

The most interesting part of this move will be around how Button will work with team-mate Hamilton. McLaren are known to develop and build their car specifically for Hamilton, so Button may find that he struggles to begin with. That said, former team mate Rubens Barrichello was known to be the strong leader with regards to car setup for Brawn.

What this also means in Heikki Kovalainen no longer has a race seat for 2010, however is strongly rumoured to sit alongside Robert Kubica at Renault.

A formal announcement will be available later on Wednesday.

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