Jenson pressed who became the Formula One world champion, will return to competition in World Endurance Championship 2024. Button, 43, will drive a Jota Porsche 963 in eight championship events, including 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Briton retired from Formula One in 2016, where he competed in 306 Grand Prix and became world champion in 2009, the famous year of Brawn GP bent diffuser, a team that only competed – under that name – in that season and won eight championship victories. .
“I’m delighted to compete in the 2024 World Endurance Championship. I’m looking forward to the first race, but I also know all the work I need to do to be ready,” said Button.
WEC organizers added that Button will drive car number 38 in the Hypercar category and share the wheel of the Porsche 963 with his compatriot Phil Hanson and the Dane Oliver Rasmussen.
“Endurance racing is about teamwork and there is no better team than Hertz Team JOTA to compete with the big Hypercar manufacturers. I am looking forward to the first race in Qatar, but I also know that there is a lot of work to be done. then to. do so we can arrive ready,” said Button, who last competed in the WEC in the 2018/2019 season with the SMP Racing team in the LMP1 competition period.
The 2024 WEC will have a record number of Hypercars with nine different manufacturers: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Isotta Fraschini, Lamborghini, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota.
The first test of 2024 will be held in Doha from March 1 to 2.
Source: La Verdad
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