{"id":27541,"date":"2023-06-26T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=27541"},"modified":"2023-06-26T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:23:48","slug":"jenson-button-on-his-future-in-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/jenson-button-on-his-future-in-nascar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenson Button on his future in NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button is heading to Chicago next weekend to compete in his second of three NASCAR Cup Series races, after making his debut in March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former McLaren driver is competing in three races this season in Rick Ware Racing\u2019s No. 15 Ford with support from Stewart-Haas Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Button’s first NASCAR appearance came at the Circuit of the Americas in March, where he salvaged P18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was set for a significantly better result than 18th; however, a late flurry of yellow flags as well as an unwelcomed bout of heat exhaustion hampered his chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Competing at COTA in NASCAR rather than F1 was certainly an experience for Button, who was left wanting more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think for half the race at COTA, I thought, \u2018I don\u2019t want to do this again.\u2019 But for the other half of the race, I thought, \u2018This is awesome, just awesome,\u2019 in terms of the racing, the wheel-to-wheel action and not giving an inch,\u201d Button said Tuesday, as reported by Motorsport.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI definitely enjoyed that, and it\u2019s something you do miss in single-seaters, especially in Formula 1 because the amount of downforce you have, there isn\u2019t so much wheel-to-wheel action. I feel I had more wheel-to-wheel action in the first lap of the race at COTA than I do in a whole grand prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, loads of emotions \u2013 positive and negative \u2013 at COTA. Does it make me want to do it more? Yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of Button’s appearances this season are to be at road and street courses, rather than ovals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Button is keen to compete in a NASCAR oval race “one day” but is very aware that most of the grid have raced on ovals “since they were five or six years old”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another world,\u201d Button admitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese guys have driven ovals since they were five or six years old. So, why would I be good there? I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s a possibility, but it\u2019s a lot of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s already enough getting used to driving such a big car for me, and the style of racing is a big step as well. Maybe one day. But I\u2019m very happy and very lucky to be doing the three races I\u2019m doing this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead to next weekend’s race in Chicago, Button is expecting it to be a “better” event for him, given that it’s a new venue for the series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means nobody will have experienced the venue before, meaning Button will enter the race with as much knowledge as everybody else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In comparison, COTA was a venue which all the NASCAR drivers have plenty of experience of, with Button having simply been used to driving “within the white lines”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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