Click here to listen<\/a> <\/p>\nThe race marked his final appearance in Japan, a country where he enjoyed great success in Formula 1 and also claimed the 2018 Super GT title.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Button is enjoying his most successful WEC season, currently sitting ninth in the drivers\u2019 championship with Bamber and Bourdais.<\/p>\n
The trio has scored points in four of the seven races so far, including a career-best second at the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo in July.<\/p>\n
Button has confirmed he will not retire completely from racing, but has pointed to family commitments, his growing role with Sky Sports F1, and a busy schedule as reasons to step back from full-time competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife has got too busy with so many different things going on \u2013 it is a very busy schedule I have,\u201d Button said when announcing his decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is about time I start thinking about the future a little bit more, and I want to spend more time with my family.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is unfair as well to the team: I probably don\u2019t have enough time to give to it, especially next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Button\u2019s future program remains open \u2014 not ruling out guest outings in categories such as NASCAR \u2014 he said the challenge of endurance racing has been one of the most rewarding chapters of his post-F1 career.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I loved in F1 was how much easier the cars were to drive,\u201d he told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn endurance racing, the cars are much harder to drive. There is a lot less downforce and more weight to manage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey move around a lot more \u2013 through a corner, you\u2019re working much harder than you would in a Formula 1 car.\u201d<\/p>\n
That willingness to embrace fresh challenges has defined Button\u2019s career since leaving F1 at the end of 2016.<\/p>\n
Beyond stints in Super GT, IMSA, and Extreme E, he highlighted several career milestones that stand out above the rest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning the Canadian Grand Prix in 2011 was an incredible achievement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI finished the 70-lap race first, despite starting in seventh place.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the challenging conditions, overtaking was difficult, so strategy was key to my success.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix was also special. My fondest memory is crossing the finish line and seeing the team going crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning a race is a great feeling, but winning the world championship is a different level.\u201d<\/p>\n
His time in America also provided a highlight in sports cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2024 was also a great race for me,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only because of how much I learnt from my incredible team, but racing at Daytona as a Rolex Testimonee made it so special on a very personal level.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe race itself was such a learning experience as it was my first time in the car and only my second time racing in IMSA, so there was a lot of pressure to perform to the best of my ability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Button\u2019s final full-time race will be at the 8 Hours of Bahrain in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jenson Button is preparing to draw his full-time racing career to a close. Image: Rolex The 45-year-old announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,8547,101,56,54,55,15971],"class_list":{"0":"post-171663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-jenson-button","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-wec"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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