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 crew subsequent 12 months when it morphs into the manufacturing unit Cadillac operation, Button instructed 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 end result of these discussions, he gave a cryptic reply: “Nicely, it relies upon upon what end result I need. I am constructive about getting the end result I need.
“No, we are going to see. It is one thing we’re discussing.”
When questioned over whether or not he wish to stay within the WEC subsequent 12 months, he added: “Ah, that is a special dialog. I can not say something extra.
“I am very happy with this crew for what they did this 12 months in such a brief house and within the prime class however there’s rather more to attain.
“Working with a producer is a giant deal. A producer like GM and Cadillac is huge. They’re there to win. The massive one is Le Mans, but in addition the world championship as properly.”
#38 Hertz Staff Jota Porsche 963: Jenson Button
Photograph by: JEP / Motorsport Photos
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 automobile, he signed up for the total WEC season with Jota’s expanded Porsche buyer crew.
The 2009 F1 champion has proven spectacular development because the begin of the season in Qatar six months in the past, securing a greatest end of sixth ultimately weekend’s Fuji spherical with team-mates Phil Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen.
Alongside his main commitments in WEC, he additionally races historic vehicles for leisure and was not too long ago 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 an expert 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 severely for a lot of extra years.
“I’ll at all times race for enjoyable. I really like racing basic vehicles. They’re very mechanical for me, I’m actually having fun with that.
Learn Additionally:
“So there’s 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 certain 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 vehicles on a buyer foundation within the Hypercar class, will take over the mantle of Cadillac’s manufacturing unit WEC crew from Chip Ganassi in 2025.
The British outfit will probably be getting into two examples of the Cadillac V-Collection.R LMDh within the sequence, and Motorsport.com understands that there will probably be room for 3 non-GM drivers within the line-up.
