World champion race driver Jenson Button has joined the McLaren Formula One team, McLaren announced Wednesday.The jump to powerhouse McLaren - already the home of previous world champion Lewis Hamilton - creates the first team to start a season with the two previous world champions racing together, McLaren said.
British media reports said the deal was worth $30 million over three years.
Both Button, 29, and Hamilton, 24, are British.
Button visited McLaren headquarters earlier this month as he was being lured to the team, he said in a statement Wednesday.
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