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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

‘F1 was forever ago, a different life’: Jenson Button relishing Le Mans bid

The Team Jota Porsche 963 of Jenson Button, Philip Hanson, and Oliver Rasmussen in action on test day this week
The Team Jota Porsche 963 of Jenson Button, Philip Hanson, and Oliver Rasmussen in action on test day this week. Photograph: James Moy Photography/Getty Images

Jenson Button cuts an enormously relaxed figure, the amiable former Formula One world champion finding himself in a happy place as he prepares to bid for glory in the greatest sportscar race of them all, the Le Mans 24 Hours.

It is 15 years since Button won his F1 title with Brawn in 2009 and the 44-year-old effectively retired from the sport in 2016. At Le Mans this weekend for the 92nd running of the Grand Prix of Endurance, Button is very much enjoying a new career, indeed as he puts it, a new life.

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