Now that there's a shot at the title, they have to take this step.
In the McLaren driver lounge, boss Dennis sat in a triangle formation with team principal Whitmarsh and Button. As for why the two members of management had come, the British champion wasn't some inexperienced rookie; he knew perfectly well what they wanted.
After the two sides had gone a few rounds of polite fencing, Dennis finally pierced the veil and stated outright that he expected Button to help Hamilton win the title in the season finale.
Faced with Dennis's request, Jenson Button chose silence. In a sense, that was an answer without words.
Dennis's temper flared instantly at that. To Hamilton he was basically a Godfather figure—picked him out as a kid and raised him step by step into a world champion. The team's bias toward him far exceeds what Marco and the others at Red Bull Racing Team feel for Vettel.
