EXCLUSIVE: "Reborn" Jenson Button assesses racing return - and what's next

Jenson Button tells us w🍸hat he's planning for 2025

Jenson Button
Jenson Button

One-time Formula 1 world champio🤪n Jenson Button say🐠s he feels “reborn” after his first full season in the World Endurance Championship in 2024.

The 44-year-old contesꦆted in his first full season of racing since 2019 this year in the WEC with Hertz Team Jota driving a Porsche.

Sharing a Porsche 9🎶63 with Phil😼ip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen, it took until the fourth round of the year at the Le Mans 24 Hours for Button and his team-mates to score points.

They managed a best finish of sixth at tꦓhe Six Hours of Fuji.

Button will remain with Jota for 2025 as it switches from Porsche to Cadil💜lac.

“2024 has been busy, yes,” Button said.

“It’s been exci🐠ting and there's been a lot of good stuff happening. It’s been my first full season of racing since 2019 at 44 years old, so it's like I'm reborn!

“It’𒆙s been a challenge; first of all just getting up to speed in the car.

“It takes a little bit longer when you’re a bit older, b♚ut then once you get used to it, I'm absolutely loving it.

“The pace is there, I love the wheel-to-wheel racing. WEC is such a great series and 🃏it’s in such a great place rig♌ht now, as a lot of motorsport categories are.

“It’s lovely to see so manꦇy maꦰnufacturers involved. I’ve really enjoyed the season.

“The results haven'tღ quite been what we had in mind ,and there’s been some bad luck at times, but there’s been lots of learnings for ꦑ2025 where I'll be racing with Cadillac and Hertz Team Jota.”

Button has dovetai👍led his racinඣg commitments in 2024 with punditry appearances for Sky Sports F1.

He says the more competitive nature of F1 in 2024 has been “mega” and thinks it’s reasonable to e🌸xpect that to be the case again next season.

“Being around Formula 1 and seeing the compet💟itiveness this year has been incredible,” he added.

“Obviously Max was on a roll in the early part of the season but then a lot of teams caught up, so to🗹 see so many teams and drivers fighting at the front and lots of great racing and different winners has been mega.

“Leading into 2025 I think we 🦋can expect a lot more of th🐬at.”

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