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Jenson Button will return to the 2024 World Cup with Porsche
Jenson Button The former F1 World Champion will be returning to F1 competition. World Endurance Championship 2024. button, 43, Jota drives a Porsche 963 The eight events of the championship Le Mans 24 Hours.
The Brit retired from F1 in 2016, competing in 306 Grands Prix and becoming world champion in 2009. This was a famous year for Braun GP Vent Diffusers, as the team raced under that name only that season and won eight championships. .
“I’m delighted to be competing in the 2024 World Endurance Championship. I’m looking forward to the first race, but I’m also aware of all the work we have to do to prepare,” said Button.
WEC organizers added that Button will drive the No. 38 car in the hypercar category and share the wheel of a Porsche 963 with compatriots Phil Hanson and Dane Oliver Rasmussen.
“Endurance racing is all about teamwork and there is no better team than Hertz Team JOTA to take on the big hypercar manufacturers. We are already looking forward to our first race in Qatar, but we know we have a lot of work to do. I also know that,” said Button, who last competed in WEC in the 2018/2019 season, when he was in LMP1 with the SMP Racing Team.
The 2024 WEC will feature a record number of hypercars from nine manufacturers: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Isotta Fraschini, Lamborghini, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota.
The first Test of 2024 will be held in Doha on March 1-2.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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