 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Button akabatanidzwa paMcLaren neFerrari Driver Academy akapedza kudzidza Sergio Pérez uye hukama hwavo hwaive hwakanaka nekuti wekupedzisira akapinda muchikwata nekukurumidza. Akagadzwa director weGrand Prix Drivers Association GPDA munaKurume 2013. McLaren akavaka motokari yeMP4-28 kwete mberi kwokuchinja kwemitemo nokuda kwa, asi kubva pakutanga. Izvi zvakaita kuti Button atyaire motokari isina kugadzikana ine understeer, kushaya downforce uye kuora kwakakomba kwetaya. Mushure mekupedza wechipfumbamwe mumwaka wekuvhura, McLaren akaunza zvikamu kubva kuMP4-27 kuenda kuMP4-28, iyo yakanga isina mhedzisiro yakakosha uye Button akaramba achiwana mhedzisiro yepasi pemwaka wese nemhedzisiro yakanakisa yechina pakupera kwemwaka. Akanga ari wechipfumbamwe mumakwikwi ose aine mapoinzi 73. Button akabatanidzwa mukutyaira kwakasimba kubva kune waaitamba naye Pérez pakutanga kwemwaka muBahrain neMonaco, kumunetsa. 