I'm gonna sound like a broken record if i keep repeating my reasoning for believing that Mclaren would back Button over Hamilton so this is the last time and it doesn't really matter now anyway cos both the WDC and WCC are gone.
My reasoning is based on logic and always has been. Firstly its becoming ever more apparent how broken Lewis's relationship is within Mclaren in particular with Ron Dennis(who he is not even on speaking terms with and who he is yet to speak with since deciding to leave) and Jenson Button(who is a wily old fox and has been around the game long enough to know how important it is to build a team around yourself so has portrayed the warmest and nicest assets of his personality to anyone of importance inside the team..a lesson Lewis is yet to truly learn and i think Mercedes is a great opportunity for him to do so). I believe that despite Lewis's faults the team were willing to put up with them because of the history they share together and also because of his natural talent out on the track. So...after singapore when Lewis's car failed him and he then decided to sign for Mercedes it's my belief that the team decided to get behind Button in an attempt to fight for the title cos they would prefer to have this years champion driving for them next season. Yes of course i know how important the constructors points are and the amount of money it brings in but having a current world champion driving for you during the season also brings a hell of a lot of commercial value too so at this point i believe it's a gamble they were willing to take. Lewis was the fastest guy on the track and was having no problem at all setting the car up for both qualy and the race 3/4 races prior to Japan(probably would have been fastest in Spa too if the rain didn't effect the practice sessions forcing the 2 Mclaren drivers to gamble on set up). Then comes Japan and now Korea where Jenson is all of a sudden looking way more comfortable with the car while Lewis's cars are falling apart(at first in Japan we thought Lewis was suddendly having issues finding the right set up but then it was revealed that a critical component in the rear suspension that is necessary for finding the correct balance of the car during set up was not acting as it should which caused him to get it completely wrong and totally ruined his weekend).Luckily for Lewis he closed the championship lead by 10 points and Jenson only finished one place ahead of him in Japan and my belief at this point is that they would forget about backing Button and turn their attentions to backing Hamilton 100% like Ferrari do Alonso in an effort to fight for the championship. Then comes Korea and we all saw what just happened, yes Lewis was able to qualify well but his car was a ticking time bomb while Jenson showed great race pace in P2 and would have definately outraced Lewis and most probably got a podium finish had he not been taken out kamikaze style by Kamui Kobayashi.
Whatever the hell is going on at Mclaren it aint pretty and i'm actually looking forward to seeing Lewis taking on a new challenge at this stage in his life at Mercedes and against Nico. I'm also looking forward to seeing Button taking on a new challenge in Sergio Perez and seeing if he is actually capable of building the team around himself like he recently stated he aims to do...something tells me Sergio might have some objections to that though cos he seems like quite a determined young man to me.
I can see your logic and thinking, and whilst I dont think what you have said is way beyond the realms of possibility in F1 (far more crazy things have happened), I do think you base your opinion on some massive assumptions, and not fact.
Those being: a) how Button and Hamilton portray themselves to the team (because unless you are in the team, you have no real idea of whats happening there), and b) the relationship between RD and LH. I know what has been reported about this in the press - but most reports on these sort of things are all all wild speculation in most cases.
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