Button, Alonso e Jimmie Johnson podem ocupar terceiro carro da McLaren na Indy
Zak Brown, CEO da McLaren, admitiu que Jimmie Johnson e Jenson Button estão interessados em competir em carro da McLaren, enquanto que Fernando Alonso também poderia competir em outras etapas além da Indy 500
![Podium: race winner Jenson Button, McLaren](https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/amp/6n9N7gRY/s1000/podium-race-winner-jenson-butt.jpg)
Até agora, entre Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button e Jimmie Johnson, o único com vaga confirmada na Indy é o bicampeão mundial de Fórmula 1. O espanhol de 38 anos pretende fazer sua segunda corrida de Indy 500 em 2020.
No entanto, antes da pandemia de coronavírus interromper as corridas nos Estados Unidos, o Motorsport.com apurou que Alonso também deveria guiar um terceiro carro da McLaren SP - ao lado de Patricio O'Ward e Oliver Askew - no GP de Indianápolis (circuito misto). Acredita-se que esse acordo ainda se mantenha firme, embora, em vez de eventos consecutivos, o GP está marcado para 4 de julho, enquanto que a 104ª edição da Indy 500 ocorrerá em 23 de agosto.
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Jimmie Johnson, sete vezes campeão da NASCAR Cup, deveria testar uma máquina da McLaren SP no Barber Motorsports Park em abril e continua interessado em competir em provas de circuito misto da Indy. No entanto, mesmo antes da pandemia da Covid-19, o mais provável era que isso acontecesse em 2021.
No início de março, o Motorsport.com também apurou que a equipe estava se preparando seu terceiro carro para o campeão mundial de F1 de 2009, Jenson Button, possivelmente para a etapa de Road America, prevista para 21 de junho.
No entanto, em seu podcast com James Allen e Jonathan Noble do Motorsport.com, o CEO da McLaren, Zak Brown, admitiu que as ambições de Johnson e Button na Indy foram temporariamente prejudicadas pela falta de dias de testes disponíveis no calendário revisado de 2020.
"Eu falei com os três", declarou Brown. “Todos eles realmente gostam de corridas da Indy. Todos os três querem correr.”
“Todos os três são extremamente competitivos. Creio que a Indy colocou uma restrição de testes, então, infelizmente, isso pode tornar este ano mais difícil, porque acho que nenhum deles gostaria de entrar em um carro ‘frio’ nos treinos de sexta-feira.”
“Acho que eles são profissionais demais e sei que o esporte é competitivo demais para pensar que eles podem simplesmente entrar sem uma quantidade adequada de testes.”
"Eu não ficaria surpreso em ver um ou todos os três em um carro da Indy em algum momento, e acho que seria muito emocionante."
Além de conquistar o título de 2009 com a Brawn GP, Button conquistou oito vitórias na McLaren e terminou em segundo no campeonato de 2011.
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![2001: Benetton](https://cdn-6.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/0/10000/14000/14700/14733/s700/f1-united-states-gp-2001-jenson-button.jpg)
![2001: Benetton](https://cdn-9.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/0/10000/15000/15500/15560/s700/f1-japanese-gp-2001-jenson-button.jpg)
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![2002: Renault](https://cdn-4.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/0/60000/62000/62000/62023/s700/f1-japanese-gp-2002-jenson-button.jpg)
![2002: Renault](https://cdn-5.motorsport.com/images/mgl/0rKKjaO2/s700/f1-french-gp-2002-jenson-button-renault-r202-with-team-mate-jarno-trulli.jpg)
![2002: Renault](https://cdn-5.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/6200000/6230000/6230000/6230500/6230519/s700/f1-malaysian-gp-2002-jenson-button-renault.jpg)
![2002: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/0/60000/67000/67200/67220/s700/f1-jerez-december-testing-2002-jenson-button.jpg)
![2002: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-6.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/0/60000/67000/67200/67221/s700/f1-jerez-december-testing-2002-jenson-button.jpg)
![2002: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-9.motorsport.com/images/mgl/0rQar1O6/s700/f1-barcelona-december-testing-2002-jenson-button-bar-honda-004.jpg)
![2003: BAR](https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/100000/110000/118000/118800/118832/s700/f1-united-states-gp-2003-jenson-button.jpg)
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![2003: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-6.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/100000/120000/129000/129200/129240/s700/f1-barcelona-november-testing-2003-jenson-button.jpg)
![2003: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-6.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/100000/120000/129000/129200/129226/s700/f1-barcelona-november-testing-2003-jenson-button.jpg)
![2004: BAR](https://cdn-8.motorsport.com/images/mgl/0LvvjGWY/s700/f1-french-gp-2004-jenson-button-bar.jpg)
![2004: BAR](https://cdn-9.motorsport.com/images/mgl/Y991oabY/s700/jenson-button-honda-racing-tak-1.jpg)
![2004: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/200000/210000/210000/210400/210499/s700/f1-barcelona-november-testing-2004-jenson-button.jpg)
![2004: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-2.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/200000/210000/210000/210500/210503/s700/f1-barcelona-november-testing-2004-jenson-button.jpg)
![2004: Teste com a BAR](https://cdn-9.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/200000/200000/209000/209800/209861/s700/f1-barcelona-november-testing-2004-jenson-button.jpg)
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![2006: Honda](https://cdn-5.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/400000/420000/422000/422500/422589/s700/f1-brazilian-gp-2006-jenson-button.jpg)
![2006: Honda](https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/images/mgl/6AEVw9o6/s700/jenson-button-honda-ra106-1.jpg)
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![2007: Teste com a Honda](https://cdn-5.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/500000/590000/590000/590400/590453/s700/f1-barcelona-november-testing-2007-jenson-button-honda-racing-f1-team.jpg)
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![2009: Brawn](https://cdn-1.motorsport.com/images/mgl/68ypWBl0/s700/jenson-button-brawn-gp-bgp001-1.jpg)
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![2010: McLaren](https://cdn-6.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/1000000/1060000/1064000/1064900/1064905/s700/f1-abu-dhabi-gp-2010-jenson-button-mclaren-mercedes.jpg)
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![2011: McLaren](https://cdn-4.motorsport.com/static/img/mgl/1200000/1270000/1275000/1275000/1275090/s700/f1-brazilian-gp-2011-jenson-button-mclaren-mercedes-and-felipe-massa-scuderia-ferrari.jpg)
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