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Barrichello: Button may return stronger
- Updated: September 14, 2016
Rubens Barrichello thinks a season-long sabbatical from Formula 1 could benefit Jenson Button if he returns to racing in 2018.
Stoffel Vandoorne will make his full-time debut next season in place of Button, with the British driver stepping down into a reserve driver role for McLaren.
The McLaren team have the option for him to return in 2018 and Barrichello – his former team-mate at Brawn – reckons some time away from the sport could see him “come back stronger”.
“I think only he can talk about it,” Barrichello told Motorsport.com. “I think when you spend a long time in Formula 1, you are very limited in your day-after-day [life], to always do the same things.
“If you …