VIDEO: Button wishes Alonso luck for Indy 500
🧜Jenson Button has wished Fernando Alonso goo🍸d luck ahead of his maiden Indianapolis 500 test outing, as the former F1 world champion gears up his return as stand-in for Alonso at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Af𝔉ter Alonso made shockwaves across the motorsport wo🌱rld by announcing he would skip the Monaco Grand Prix in order to take on the Indy 500 race, his former McLaren team-mate Button has been confirmed as his replacement for the Monaco race.
Button, who is on a one-year sabbatical from F1, has given his support to the two-time F1 world champion stating: "Good luck, stay safe and win - what else i🐲s there to do?"
The British driver also says he hopes to secure 'lots of juiꦏcy points' for McLaren-Hond🎀a at Monaco alongside Stoffel Vandoorne.
The Woking-based team has failed to secure a top ten finish so far in 2017, while the team has technically only reached the chequered flag on just two occasions in th💖e opening four rounds.
Alonso is enjoying his maiden Indy 500 test at the iconic American oval circuit today (3rd 🅠May), before returning to Europe for the Spanish Grand Prix.
's message to Fernando ahead of�🌼� his test today. -- McLaren (@McLarenF1)Latest Tweets from
