Although Jenson Button reckons McLaren have taken a “massive risk” in promoting Kevin Magnussen to the big time, he thinks the young Dane has what it takes to rise to the challenge.

One day after Sergio Perez announced that he was leaving after just one season, McLaren confirmed recent intense speculation suggesting that Magnussen would replace the Mexican. The decision to pitch the 21-year-old headlong into the thick of the F1 fray represents a huge gamble on the part of the Woking team, but listening to Button speak on Thursday afternoon it sounds as though a fair degree of calculation is also involved.

“It’s definitely one of those positions where it could light up your career or it could put click here for more