The former McLaren F1 driver will make his WEC debut at Le Mans in one of SMP's two AER-powered, Dallara-built BR1s alongside Russian duo Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin.
This follows Button's first steps into sportscar racing with Honda in Super GT, which Button is contesting full-time this season after making his debut in last year's Suzuka 1000km.
Button is expected to contest every race on the 2018/19 WEC schedule with the exception of next week's Spa opener, which clashes with the Fuji Super GT round.
Petrov and Aleshin will race at Spa as a duo, while Stephane Sarrazin, Matevos Isaakyan and Egor Orudzhev form the line-up in the sister #17 BR1-AER.
A new challenge ahead for the former Formula 1 World Champion.
No comments:
Post a Comment