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F1 champion Jenson Button expresses doubt about his WEC future
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F1 champion Jenson Button expresses doubt about his WEC future

Motorsports October 31, 2024
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Method 1 world champion Jenson Button is refusing to decide to staying within the World Endurance Championship in 2025, as he hasn’t determined how lengthy he desires to compete professionally in motorsport.

The feedback mark a change in stance from the Jota driver, who beforehand said he noticed WEC as a two-season programme after returning to full-time competitors for the primary time since 2019.

Requested if he had held conversations with Jota about remaining with the group subsequent 12 months when it morphs into the manufacturing facility Cadillac operation, Button informed Motorsport.com: “We have now talked, sure. So we are going to see.”

Pressed on whether or not he was constructive in regards to the final result of these discussions, he gave a cryptic reply: “Effectively, it relies upon upon what final result I would like. I am constructive about getting the result I would like.

“No, we are going to see. It is one thing we’re discussing.”

When questioned over whether or not he want to stay within the WEC subsequent 12 months, he added: “Ah, that is a special dialog. I am unable to say something extra.

“I am very happy with this group for what they did this 12 months in such a brief area and within the prime class however there may be way more to realize.

“Working with a producer is a giant deal. A producer like GM and Cadillac is massive. They’re there to win. The massive one is Le Mans, but in addition the world championship as effectively.”

#38 Hertz Workforce Jota Porsche 963: Jenson Button

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For the reason that second of his two campaigns within the SUPER GT sequence in 2019, Button had made sporadic appearances in all kinds of sequence, together with NASCAR Cup, IMSA SportsCar Championship and Excessive E.

After competing at Le Mans final 12 months in Hendrick Motorsports’ Storage 56 entry with a modified Chevrolet Camaro LS1 NASCAR Cup automotive, he signed up for the complete WEC season with Jota’s expanded Porsche buyer group.

The 2009 F1 champion has proven spectacular development because the begin of the season in Qatar six months in the past, securing a finest end of sixth eventually weekend’s Fuji spherical with team-mates Phil Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen.

Alongside his main commitments in WEC, he additionally races historic automobiles for leisure and was just lately seen on the Monterey Motorsports Reunion in Laguna Seca.

Button, who turns 45 subsequent 12 months, was coy about how lengthy he would proceed to compete in top-line motorsport as knowledgeable driver.

Quizzed about his future, he mentioned: “I imply, I do not know, It is a tough one. I’ve a household now, I would not wish to race significantly for a lot of extra years.

“I’ll at all times race for enjoyable. I like racing basic automobiles. They’re very mechanical for me, I’m actually having fun with that.

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“So there may be at all times going to be a racer in me who desires to hold on racing until I am in my 50s. However that will not be professionally.

“I am positive you lose the sting, I do not know. [But] it does not really feel like I’ve but.”

Requested what’s going to assist him resolve whether or not he desires to race subsequent 12 months or not, he added: “That is it [if I want to race next year or not].”

Jota, which has thus far run Porsche 963 LMDh automobiles on a buyer foundation within the Hypercar class, will take over the mantle of Cadillac’s manufacturing facility WEC group from Chip Ganassi in 2025.

The British outfit shall be coming into two examples of the Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh within the sequence, and Motorsport.com understands that there shall be room for 3 non-GM drivers within the line-up.

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