Formula 1: Alonso deal puts Button under pressure

Jenson Button saw the pressure on him to succeed next season upped a notch last night when Renault signed highly-rated Spaniard Fernando Alonso as their test driver for next year.

The new campaign is still four months away but Button will know that he will have to show the talent that saw him tipped as a potential world champion if he wants to retain his seat for 2003.