Jenson Button insists he feels "well prepared" for his one-off return to the McLaren cockpit at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, a situation he admits "feels slightly surreal".
Button stepped away from full-time racing duty at the end of 2016, accepting a reserve driver and ambassadorial role with McLaren. But his sabbatical lasted just five races as McLaren turned to the 2009 world champion to replace Fernando Alonso, who is being allowed to miss the Monaco Grand Prix to contest the Indy 500 on the same day.
Despite having no experience behind the wheel of 2017's bigger, faster cars, Button turned down the opportunity to test the car at the Bahrain tests last month.