McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne believes Jenson Button won't have “any issues” on his 2017 F1 car debut in Monaco, saying the MCL32 is not too different from its predecessor in low-speed corners. After 17 campaigns in the series, Button stepped away from a full-time race driver role at the end of 2016, but he will return for this year's Monaco race as stand-in for the Indy 500-bound Fernando Alonso. Button is yet to try out F1's new-for-2017 cars, made faster and harder to drive by a major regulations overhaul – with the opportunity for the 2009 world champion to pilot the MCL32 in the post-Bahrain test having been passed up. That decision raised eyebrows and was questioned by...
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