 Whitmarsh aida kuti Button arambe ari paMcLaren kwemakore matatu anotevera uku iye achitaura naFerrari nezvenzvimbo yomumhanyi muna 2013. Pamberi pe2011 Japanese Grand Prix, akasaina chibvumirano chemakore matatu kuMcLaren. Bhatani rakagutsikana nemotokari itsva yeMP4-27 nekuda kweMcLaren kuwana mutemo unobvumidza kurambidza kuputika kwemagasi ekubuda pamusoro pezvikamu zvemotokari kuti uwedzere pasi. Kukunda mumutambo wokutanga wemwaka uye nzvimbo mbiri dzechipiri dzakapedzwa muThe and the dzaiva nhambo dzakakosha dzehafu yokutanga yemwaka. Kuita kwake kwese mumakwikwi manomwe ekutanga kwakadonha nekuda kwekunetseka mukugadzira tembiricha uye huwandu hwakakodzera hwekubata mumatai epamberi ePirelli epamberi nekuda kwekutyaira kwake kwakatsetseka uye iye achichinja zvinhu zvebhureki kakawanda kuyedza kugadzirisa nyaya yakawedzera. Button akachinja gadziriro yemotokari yake ndokuzvigadziridza kumatai kuti achengetedze tembiricha kuti aite zviri nani. Nguva yasara yemwaka waButton yakamuona achikunda muBelgium neBraziluye vanopedza vari pakati pevashanu vanokunda mumakwikwi manomwe anotevera nokuda kwechishanu chose chose nemapoinzi 188. 