One-time Formulation 1 world champion Jenson Button says he feels “reborn” after his first full season within the World Endurance Championship in 2024.
The 44-year-old contested in his first full season of racing since 2019 this 12 months within the WEC with Hertz Crew Jota driving a Porsche.
Sharing a Porsche 963 with Philip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen, it took till the fourth spherical of the 12 months on the Le Mans 24 Hours for Button and his team-mates to attain factors.
They managed a finest end of sixth on the Six Hours of Fuji.
Button will stay with Jota for 2025 because it switches from Porsche to Cadillac.
“2024 has been busy, sure,” Button mentioned.
“It’s been thrilling and there is been lots of good things taking place. It’s been my first full season of racing since 2019 at 44 years outdated, so it is like I am reborn!
“It’s been a problem; initially simply getting on top of things within the automobile.
“It takes just a little bit longer once you’re a bit older, however then when you get used to it, I am completely loving it.
“The tempo is there, I really like the wheel-to-wheel racing. WEC is such a terrific collection and it’s in such a terrific place proper now, as lots of motorsport classes are.
“It’s beautiful to see so many producers concerned. I’ve actually loved the season.
“The outcomes have not fairly been what we had in thoughts ,and there’s been some dangerous luck at occasions, however there’s been a lot of learnings for 2025 the place I will be racing with Cadillac and Hertz Crew Jota.”
Button has dovetailed his racing commitments in 2024 with punditry appearances for Sky Sports activities F1.
He says the extra aggressive nature of F1 in 2024 has been “mega” and thinks it’s cheap to anticipate that to be the case once more subsequent season.
“Being round Formulation 1 and seeing the competitiveness this 12 months has been unbelievable,” he added.
“Clearly Max was on a roll within the early a part of the season however then lots of groups caught up, so to see so many groups and drivers preventing on the entrance and many nice racing and completely different winners has been mega.
“Main into 2025 I feel we will anticipate much more of that.”
