Jenson Button announced his retirement.
2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button, who has recently been competing in endurance racing, has decided to end his driving career.
His last race will be the November WEC round, the "8 Hours of Bahrain", where Jenson drives for the Cadillac Hertz Team Jota. His crew currently sits eighth in the championship.
Jenson Button: "I've always enjoyed Bahrain. It's an interesting circuit, and I want to get the most enjoyment out of it, since that's where I'll conclude my professional racing career. It will be my last race.
I've really enjoyed working with Jota in the WEC, but my life has become too busy, and it would be unfair to the team and to myself to start next season thinking I'd have the time for it.
My children are four and six years old; when I'm away for a week I miss a lot, and that time can't be recovered. I feel that over the past couple of years I've missed a lot. And that's okay, because I knew it would be like that. But I'm not prepared to repeat it next season."
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