Top 5... Jenson Button's non-F1 races

As the 2009 world champion bows out of professional motor sport, let's remember how there was more to his career than F1

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SUPER GT Motegi, 2018

Fresh out of Formula 1, Jenson Button embraced the bombastic GT scene in Japan, a country he fell in love with long ago. And it went pretty well. Paired with Naoki Yamamoto in a Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX-GT500, Button stood on the podium in two of his first three races and tasted a maiden win at Sugo. By season’s end at Motegi, the duo found themselves in the thick of a title showdown. Button’s final stint, in which he secured third place, crucially meant they finished ahead of future Toyota Hypercar ace Ryo Hirakawa and soon-to-be Formula E frontrunner Nick Cassidy to secure the championship. The first series rookie to win the title since 2005, ending a Honda Super GT drought dating back seven years... Jenson rated it on a par with his F1 crown.

WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Interlagos, 2025