Well, if he has indeed retired, wouldn't McLaren have released him? If they have, then he is free. But that's something we'll likely never know unless Button or McLaren themselves clarify what his contractual situation is.
They haven't released him, but he has said to several people that Abu was essentially his last race and doesn't expect to see racing in F1 again. He is fine with that, and is glad to take his new role behind the scenes as an adviser.
I know that. I'm not an idiot. All I have said is that he is a possibility. And the definition of possibility in my eyes is anyone with a chance, and Button still has that chance, no matter how unlikely it is. I'm not saying he's going to get it, I merely said he's a possibility, and when we're talking about the most wanted drive on the grid, all bets are off in my eyes.
He is a less possibility than those you stated were less. The only similarity is they're all under contract however, the others actually want to race he doesn't. He stated this to several pre and post Abu. That's my point, no one said anything ill about your thought, just telling you, you repeating said thought isn't going to change the reality of Jenson's statements and feelings toward F1 at this time. But it's hard to get past your avatar and then seeing how much you want to see Jenson is what would be what many already see as a for sure championship winning car next season.
I know this. I literally said Wehrlein is a Merc development driver here;
Again, I already said that;
Yes and if you read my comments, I'm stating, who cares about all that. The fact he is a factory Mercedes driver part of their F1 dev program is enough to secure him the seat. Especially when he outright beat his team mate at Manor (first one) and beat Ocon mostly when he came in.
What's the point of this thread really? If you were to limit it to only about Rosberg's retirement, then half, if not more, of this thread would be deleted. Plus, I'll happily be corrected on this, but isn't duscussing the ramifications of Rosberg's retirement still directly related to the topic of Rosberg retiring? I think it does. But I'm not a mod, and neither are you, so we both can't be telling people what to talk about in a thread.
But anyway, let's get back on topic.
No it wouldn't, most people were arguing why he retired, others debating how a guy could leave and claim family after that and then talking about his next steps, others mixed in how he didn't deserve his WDC and thus got off without defending. Many (myself included) gave him respect for bowing out on his terms and at the top despite what others think. And a few (mainly you) started up with the
2017 driver transfer speculation. The ramifications of who takes over after Rosberg, has no effect on his retirement which is what the topic is. Thus no ramifications toward Nico Rosberg, despite your thought.
Me being a mod or not has nothing to do with things, many times normal users like ourselves nicely remind others that there are more topical threads to discuss things. Something I did, and have done again, you taking it as being a mod is incorrect. I never demanded you stop posting certain content here, just told you where you might find that actual discussion. And since many people remind others where general conversation of a topic is taking place so overlap doesn't occur, I don't see any issue in me telling you what I did. Not sure why you seem to have an attitude though.
