Overview
- Button, 45, told BBC Radio Somerset the 8 Hours of Bahrain will be his final professional race.
- The 2009 Formula 1 champion currently competes in the World Endurance Championship with Cadillac Hertz Team Jota.
- He said family commitments and missing time with his four- and six-year-old children led to the decision.
- He enters the Bahrain finale ninth in the WEC standings with teammates Sébastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber.
- After retiring from pro racing, he plans to continue TV punditry and may take part in classic-car events.