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Jenson Button joins SMP Racing from Le Mans Onwards

Jenson Button has become the twenty-third Formula 1 driver to be confirmed on the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans entry list. The 2009 F1 World Champion will race with Russian LMP1 Privateer team SMP Racing for the eighty-sixth edition of the blue-ribbon event. Button will climb aboard one of the two AER-powered, Dallara-built BR1 machines with teammates Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin as he chases down an overall Le Mans victory. The Brit is currently dedicated to a full season of Super GT racing with Honda, and this season he looks to build on his sportscar racing career. After Le Mans, Button will stay with the team to complete a full FIA World Endurance Championship ‘Super-Season'...
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