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Jenson Button Concludes Professional Racing Career With 16th-Place Finish in Bahrain

He steps back to prioritize family after a two-decade career across F1, Super GT, NASCAR, and WEC.

Overview

  • Button finished 16th in the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain, the WEC season finale that marked his last professional race.
  • An early collision with the Vista AF Corse Ferrari driven by Thomas Flohr triggered a safety car and race stoppage, with no penalties issued.
  • He shared the No. 38 Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac Hypercar with Sébastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber, starting the race from 14th on the grid.
  • Williams Racing posted a race-day tribute celebrating Button's journey from his 2000 debut with the team to the 2009 F1 world title.
  • Button plans occasional one-off and historic outings going forward and cited JOTA’s Brazil 1-2 and the Garage 56 Le Mans project as standout memories.